The Big Heat
Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat (1953), directed by Fritz Lang.
The Big Heat
film by Lang [1953]
The Big Heat, American crime film, released in 1953, that was called the “definitive film noir” by critic Pauline Kael. It is also regarded as one of the highlights of director Fritz Lang’s career. Homicide detective Dave Bannion (played by Glenn Ford) is investigating the suicide of a fellow police officer. The dead man’s mistress tells Bannion that her lover could never have killed himself. Bannion investigates the matter and follows a trail of corruption that leads to a local mob leader and city officials on the take only to find that his own life has been targeted by corrupt ...(100 of 151 words)