The Big Heat (1953)
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin
Synopsis:
A police detective who refuses to look the other way becomes eaten up with hate and revenge when his wife is killed by gangsters.
Review:
Tough, moral crime thriller in which both madonna and redeeming whore meet their deaths, as in Rancho Notorious. The film pursues the theme of Lang's Fury in charting the corrupting power of hate, but deals also with corruption at state level, thus recalling silent films such as Metropolis. It stands as one of the more powerful thrillers of the fifties.
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin
Synopsis:
A police detective who refuses to look the other way becomes eaten up with hate and revenge when his wife is killed by gangsters.
Review:
Tough, moral crime thriller in which both madonna and redeeming whore meet their deaths, as in Rancho Notorious. The film pursues the theme of Lang's Fury in charting the corrupting power of hate, but deals also with corruption at state level, thus recalling silent films such as Metropolis. It stands as one of the more powerful thrillers of the fifties.
Country: US
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin
Synopsis:
A police detective who refuses to look the other way becomes eaten up with hate and revenge when his wife is killed by gangsters.
Review:
Tough, moral crime thriller in which both madonna and redeeming whore meet their deaths, as in Rancho Notorious. The film pursues the theme of Lang's Fury in charting the corrupting power of hate, but deals also with corruption at state level, thus recalling silent films such as Metropolis. It stands as one of the more powerful thrillers of the fifties.