The Big Heat 1953 Watch Free in HD

A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) thinks there's more to the story. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Dave works outside the law's confines, obsessively search for the truth.

Genre:

Thriller, Crime

Actors:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, ...»

Director:

Fritz Lang

Country:

United States

Release:

1953

IMDb:

7.9

Quality:

Duration:

89 min

Time Out

Lang strips down William P McGivern's novel to essentials, giving the story a narrative drive as efficient and powerful as a handgun.

June 24, 2006

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Film4

Lang presents one of the great works of film noir. The acting is first rate, Boehm's script tough and efficient, and the whole affair is photographed with the appropriate expressionist, chiaroscuro lighting.

April 09, 2008

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Groucho Reviews

For those who take their film black...Moral rot gets full play in Lang's 1953 police drama. [Blu-ray]

May 22, 2012

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Chicago Reader

Brutal, atmospheric, and exciting -- highly recommended.

April 09, 2008

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TV Guide

A scalding face-full of harsh reality, courtesy Fritz Lang.

April 09, 2008

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Chicago Tribune

In many ways, Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, scripted by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm, laid the groundwork not only for "Dirty Harry," but for the whole sub-genre of 'rogue cop' films that began to surface during the Vietnam era.

July 20, 2002

ColeSmithey.com

Everything about "The Big Heat" is "hard boiled."

July 25, 2009

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Chicago Sun-Times

That's the beauty of Lang's moral ambidexterity. He tells the story of a heroic cop, while using it to mask another story, so much darker, beneath.

January 20, 2006

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New York Times

Mr. Lang can direct a film. He has put his mind to it, in this instance, and he has brought forth a hot one with a sting.

May 20, 2003

EmanuelLevy.Com

One of Lang's most accomplished and influential noir crimers, with a top-notch turn from Glenn Ford as the avenging cop-angel, a role that Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry) and Charles Bronson (Death Wish) would develop in their 1970s revenge thrillers.

April 08, 2007

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Seanax.com

Fritz Lang, once the master of grand expressionist scenes, directs with a stripped down style and a lean narrative drive...

December 05, 2009

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Variety

Ford's portrayal of the homicide sergeant is honest and packs much wallop. Lang's direction builds taut suspense, throwing unexpected, and believable, thrills at the audience.

April 09, 2008

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