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Sydney Boehm. Screenplay. URL. 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.
The Big Heat: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby. Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1953-11-16
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Plot. Homicide detective Sergeant Dave Bannion, of the Kenport Police Department, is called on to investigate the suicide of a fellow officer, Tom Duncan. Duncan leaves behind a letter addressed to the district attorney. His wife, Bertha, finds the envelope and locks it away in her safe deposit box.
Dave Bannion : [having figured out Bertha's blackmail scheme] Our city is being strangled by a gang of thieves, and you protect Lagana and Stone for the sake of a soft, plush life. Bertha Duncan : The coming years are going to be just fine, Mr. Bannion.
Jan 18, 2009 · Based on William P. McGivern's novel, Glenn Ford plays a by-the-book police sergeant named Dave Bannion so busy grappling with the crime that rages around him that he isn't able to see his own negative influence.
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. Fritz Lang. Director. Sydney Boehm. Screenplay.
