The Big Heat (1953)

Told to cease his investigations into the mysterious death of a fellow (but corrupt) cop, policeman Glenn Ford resigns from the force when his wife is killed by the bomb intended for him, and doggedly goes on digging into the dirt of the underworld, eventually with big results. ¹

Books with substantial mentioning of The Big Heat

		David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008

		Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell Encyclopedia of Film Noir Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

		Lloyd Hughes The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies London, 2005

		Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

		Tom Gunning The films of Fritz Lang, Allegories of vision and modernity London, 2000

		Jonathan Munby Public Enemies, Public Heroes, Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil Chicago and London, 1999

		Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993

		Colin McArthur The big heat London, 1992

		James Robert Parish The Great Cop Pictures Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1990

		Peter Biskind Seeing Is Believing, How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties New York, 1983

		Douglas Brode The Films of the Fifties Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Books with an entry on The Big Heat

		Michael F. Keaney Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

		Alan G. Fetrow Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography Jefferson, NC, 1999

Articles with substantial mentioning of The Big Heat

Alain Silver and Robert Porfirio, Fritz Lang (1890-1976), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002