The Big Heat

"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."

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Gloria Grahame

as Debby Marsh

Lee Marvin

as Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan

as Bertha Duncan

Alexander Scourby

as Mike Lagana

Jocelyn Brando

as Katie Bannion

Peter Whitney

as Tierney

Willis Bouchey

as Lt. Ted Wilks

Robert Burton

as Det. Gus Burke

Adam Williams

as Larry Gordon

Carolyn Jones

as Doris

Howard Wendell

as Police Commissioner Higgins

Chris Alcaide

as George Rose

Michael Granger

as Hugo

Dorothy Green

as Lucy Chapman

Ric Roman

as Baldy

Dan Seymour

as Mr. Atkins

Edith Evanson

as Selma Parker

Harry Lauter

as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

Michael Ross

as Segal (uncredited)

Phil Arnold

as Retreat Waiter (uncredited)

Sidney Clute

as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

as Retreat Patron (uncredited)

Linda Bennett

as Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

Charles Cane

as Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)

Byron Kane

as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

John Close

as Policeman (uncredited)

Phil Chambers

as Hettrick (uncredited)

John Crawford

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

John Doucette

as Mark Reiner (uncredited)

Al Eben

as Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)

Douglas Evans

as Councilman Gillen (uncredited)

Fritz Ford

as Sailor (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Cabby (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

as Moving Man (uncredited)

John Merton

as Man (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope

as Lagana's Butler (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

as Martin (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney

as Dixon (uncredited)

Laura Mason

as B-Girl (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

as George Fuller (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Patrick Miller

as Intern (uncredited)

William Murphy

as Reds (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule

as Mrs Tucker (uncredited)

Norma Randall

as Jill (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson

as Bill Rutherford (uncredited)

William Vedder

as Janitor (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Arthur

Producer

Fritz Lang

Director

Sydney Boehm

Screenplay

Henry Vars

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Jean Louis

Costume Design

William P. McGivern

Original Story

Clay Campbell

Makeup Artist

Robert Peterson

Art Direction

Milton Feldman

Assistant Director

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Charles Nelson

Editor

George Cooper

Sound Engineer

William Kiernan

Set Decoration

Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Music Director

Arthur Morton

Original Music Composer