The Big Heat
| 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 |
| Music by | Henry Vars |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.25 million (US) |
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime film 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.