Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan. Based on the Saturday Evening Post serial by William P. McGivern. Originally released as motion picture in 1953. Special features: High Definition remaster; Original mono audio; Audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman; Tony Rayns on Fritz Lang and 'The Big Heat' (2017, 34 mins): a newly filmed appreciation and analysis by the film historian; Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat (2009, 6 mins); Michael Mann on The Big Heat (2009, 11 mins); Isolated score: experience Henry Vars' original soundtrack music; Original theatrical trailer; Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography.
Summary:
A former policeman sacrifices everything to take down a mobster and his henchman after his wife is killed.
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