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.
CrimeThriller
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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