The Big Heat
1953 American film noir crime film by Fritz Lang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1953 Fritz Lang film. For other uses, see Big Heat.
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando[3] about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city.
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The Big Heat | |
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Directed by | Fritz Lang |
Screenplay by | Sydney Boehm |
Based on | the Saturday Evening Post serial and 1953 novel by William P. McGivern |
Produced by | Robert Arthur |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Edited by | Charles Nelson |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.25 million (US)[2] |
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William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, published as a novel in 1953, was the basis for the screenplay, written by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm.
The film was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.[4][5]