The big heat
25 March 2006A great film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin. Here is the outline from wikipedia:
Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) is an honest cop who learns that one of his fellow officers has committed suicide. As Bannion digs deeper into what now he suspects is a murder, he becomes more and more driven to solve the mystery. He keeps digging even when the gangster violence and terror hits home. Complicating matters is Bertha Duncan, the corrupt wife of a dead police officer who has committed suicide. She is in possession of a letter, written by her husband, implicating the criminals, and Ford needs to get the letter so that he can blow the case wide open.
Roger Ebert rates it as top 100 movie. Here is a detailed review from filmsite.org. List of other reviews courtesy of IMDB.
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