The Big Heat
United States 1953
Directed by
Cast
United States 1953
Directed by
Cast
Jocelyn Brando
Jeanette Nolan
Peter Whitney
Adam Williams
Howard Wendell
Carolyn Jones
Harry Lauter
Celia Lovsky
Phil Arnold
John Merton
Paul Maxey
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
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Film Review
1954-1955
Macdonald & Co., [1955]
Books with substantial mentioning of The Big Heat
|  | David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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| Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell Encyclopedia of Film Noir Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007 |
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| Lloyd Hughes The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies London, 2005 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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| Jonathan Munby Public Enemies, Public Heroes, Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil Chicago and London, 1999 |
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| | Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993 |
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| Colin McArthur The big heat London, 1992 |
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| | James Robert Parish The Great Cop Pictures Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1990 |
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| Peter Biskind Seeing Is Believing, How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties New York, 1983 |
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| | Douglas Brode The Films of the Fifties Secaucus, NJ, 1976 |
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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 |
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| | Alan G. Fetrow Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography Jefferson, NC, 1999 |
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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 |
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