The Big Heat
“A hard cop and a soft dame.”
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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Cast
53 people
Glenn Ford
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Known for
Superman
3:10 to Yuma
Gloria Grahame
Debby Marsh
Known for
In a Lonely Place
It's a Wonderful Life
Jocelyn Brando
Katie Bannion
Known for
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Nightfall
Alexander Scourby
Mike Lagana
Known for
Jesus
The Stuff
Lee Marvin
Vince Stone
Known for
The Dirty Dozen
Point Blank
Jeanette Nolan
Bertha Duncan
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
The Rescuers
Peter Whitney
Tierney
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Willis Bouchey
Lt. Ted Wilks
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pickup on South Street
Robert Burton
Det. Gus Burke
Known for
The Tall T
Compulsion
Adam Williams
Larry Gordon
Known for
North by Northwest
The Last Sunset
Howard Wendell
Police Commissioner Higgins
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Affair in Trinidad
Chris Alcaide
George Rose
Also in
Gunslinger
Chicago Syndicate
Fritz Lang Director · Sydney Boehm Screenplay William P. McGivern Story
Worldwide gross $1.2M · United States release October 14, 1953 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,250,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 14, 1953
Theatrical
Australia
April 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Canada
July 1, 2025 · Physical · 4K UHD Blu-Ray
Czechia
September 1, 1994 · Physical
Denmark
April 9, 1954 · Theatrical
Finland
August 25, 1966 · Theatrical
France
December 8, 1953 · Theatrical
September 15, 2010 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
February 5, 1954 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 13, 1990 · Theatrical · (re-release)
Ireland
January 15, 1954 · Theatrical
Japan
December 22, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 7, 1955 · Theatrical
Spain
April 11, 1954 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 7, 1953 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 7, 1955 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1954 · Theatrical
November 24, 2017 · Theatrical
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