The Big Heat

Release date: Oct 14, 1953

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

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Top Cast

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Debby Marsh

Vince Stone

Bertha Duncan

Mike Lagana

Katie Bannion

Tierney

Lt. Ted Wilks

Det. Gus Burke

Larry Gordon

Doris

Police Commissioner Higgins

George Rose

Hugo

Lucy Chapman

Baldy

Mr. Atkins

Selma Parker

Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

Segal (uncredited)

Retreat Waiter (uncredited)

Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

Retreat Patron (uncredited)

Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)

Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Hettrick (uncredited)

Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)

Mark Reiner (uncredited)

Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)

Councilman Gillen (uncredited)

Sailor (uncredited)

Cabby (uncredited)

Moving Man (uncredited)

Man (uncredited)

Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)

Lagana's Butler (uncredited)

Martin (uncredited)

Dixon (uncredited)

B-Girl (uncredited)

George Fuller (uncredited)

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Intern (uncredited)

Reds (uncredited)

Mrs Tucker (uncredited)

Jill (uncredited)

Bill Rutherford (uncredited)

Janitor (uncredited)

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