The Big Combo
“The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!”
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
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Cast
22 people
Cornel Wilde
Leonard Diamond
Known for
Leave Her to Heaven
The Greatest Show on Earth
Jean Wallace
Susan Lowell
Also in
No Blade of Grass
Storm Fear
Brian Donlevy
Joe McClure
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Hangmen Also Die!
Richard Conte
Mr. Brown
Known for
The Godfather
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Lee Van Cleef
Fante
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
Earl Holliman
Mingo
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Forbidden Planet
Robert Middleton
Police Capt. Peterson
Known for
Even Angels Eat Beans
Friendly Persuasion
Helen Walker
Alicia Brown
Known for
Nightmare Alley
Call Northside 777
Jay Adler
Detective Sam Hill
Known for
The Killing
The Family Jewels
John Hoyt
Nils Dreyer
Known for
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Attack of the Puppet People
Ted de Corsia
Ralph Bettini
Known for
The Killing
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Helene Stanton
Rita
Also in
One Girl's Confession
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Joseph H. Lewis Director · Philip Yordan Writer John Alton Cinematographer
Budget $500K · United States release February 13, 1955 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$500,000
Production
Security Pictures
Production
Theodora Productions
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · February 13, 1955
Theatrical
United States · February 13, 1955
Theatrical
Austria
April 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical
Germany
April 6, 1956 · Theatrical
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