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The Big Heat (1953)

Name: The Big Heat
Director: Fritz Lang
Genre: drama film, film noir, mystery film
Rating: 7.9

The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city.

Directed by Fritz Lang · Shot by Charles Lang · Cut by Charles Nelson · Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: The Big Heat (Lang, 1953) with Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame — Serious Feather · 29 min
Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat (1953) — FilmArchive · 6 min
Interview with Michael Mann - The Big Heat (1953) — FilmArchive · 11 min
Tony Rayns on Fritz Lang and The Big Heat (1953) — FilmArchive · 33 min

Elsewhere

More by Fritz Lang

Halbblut — 1919
Der Herr der Liebe — 1919
Harakiri — 1919
The Spiders — 1919
The Spiders, Part 1: The Golden Lake — 1919
Das wandernde Bild — 1920
The Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship — 1920
Vier um die Frau — 1921
Destiny — 1921
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler — 1922
Dr Mabuse: The Fatal Passions — 1922
Kriemhild's Revenge — 1924
Siegfried — 1924
Metropolis — 1927
Spies — 1928
Woman in the Moon — 1929
M — 1931
'M' — 1931
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse — 1933
Liliom — 1934
Fury — 1936
You Only Live Once — 1937
You and Me — 1938
The Return of Frank James — 1940
Western Union — 1941
Man Hunt — 1941
Confirm or Deny — 1941
Moontide — 1942
Hangmen Also Die! — 1943
Ministry of Fear — 1944

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