The Big Combo (1955)





A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Big Combo

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

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

Books with an entry on The Big Combo

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 Combo

Robert Porfirio and Carl Macek, Joseph H. Lewis (1907-2000), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002



Year: 1955
Country: United States
Language: English
Swedish
 
IMDb: 0047878