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The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando [3] about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city.
Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter.In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days. [1]
Gloria Penelope Hallward was born in Los Angeles, the younger child of Michael and Jean Hallward. [5] She was raised a Methodist. [2] Her English father, Reginald Michael Bloxam Hallward (later known as Michael Hallward) was an architect and author; her Scottish mother, Jean McDougall, who used the stage name Jean Grahame, was a stage actress and acting teacher. [6]
The Big Heat was released in Hong Kong on 22 September 1988. [1] It was described by Lisa Morton as a "minor box office disappointment", grossing HK$4.076 million and being the 94th highest-grossing film in Hong Kong in 1988. [2]
Night of the Big Heat is a 1967 British science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Patrick Allen, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Jane Merrow. [2] It was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by John Lymington, and was released in the UK by Planet Film Productions.
Whitney appeared in the films Destination Tokyo (1943), Action in the North Atlantic (1943), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Murder, He Says (1945) (in which he played a dual role), The Big Heat (1953), In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and others before becoming well known for his work in television.
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet is getting honest about filmmaking finances.. Speaking with Marc Maron on his podcast WTF in a candid episode published Monday, Feb. 17, the Oscar nominee ...
The name of John Woo, the talented Hong Kong-school director of the hit Face/Off, is plastered around The Big Hit. But this bait should not deter the eye from the switch: Woo is an executive producer. The director of The Big Hit is Che-Kirk Wong, another Hong Kong veteran, making his North American debut. Insatiable moviegoers are advised to ...