The Big Heat (1953)
- Directed by
- Fritz Lang
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, mystery film, vigilante film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 559 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police detective goes after a powerful crime syndicate that has taken over his city. He gets pushed to the edge as he tries to bring them down.
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What happens
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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