The Big Heat (1953) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Fritz Lang.

Cast

• Glenn Ford as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
• Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh
• Jocelyn Brando as Katie Bannion
• Alexander Scourby as Mike Lagana
• Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
• Jeanette Nolan as Bertha Duncan
• Peter Whitney as Tierney
• Willis Bouchey as Lt. Ted Wilks
• Robert Burton as Det. Gus Burke
• Adam Williams as Larry Gordon
• Howard Wendell as Police Commissioner Higgins
• Chris Alcaide as George Rose
• Michael Granger as Hugo
• Dorothy Green as Lucy Chapman
• Carolyn Jones as Doris
• Ric Roman as Baldy
• Dan Seymour as Mr. Atkins
• Edith Evanson as Selma Parker
• Phil Arnold as Nick (uncredited)
• Linda Bennett as Joyce Bannion (uncredited)
• Charles Cane as Hopkins (uncredited)
• Phil Chambers as Hettrick (uncredited)
• Jack R. Clinton as Retreat Patron (uncredited)
• John Close as Policeman (uncredited)
• Sidney Clute as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
• John Crawford as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
• John Doucette as Mark Reiner (uncredited)
• Kathryn Eames as Marge (uncredited)
• Al Eben as Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)
• Douglas Evans as Councilman Gillen (uncredited)
• Fritz Ford as Sailor (uncredited)
• Jimmy Gray as Man (uncredited)
• Michael Jeffers as Retreat Patron (uncredited)
• Byron Kane as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
• Donald Kerr as Cabby (uncredited)
• Lyle Latell as Moving Man (uncredited)
• Harry Lauter as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
• Nico Lek as Canteen Patron (uncredited)
• Celia Lovsky as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
• Herbert Lytton as Martin (uncredited)

Crew

• Sydney Boehm — Screenplay
• Robert Arthur — Producer
• Fritz Lang — Director
• Charles Lang — Director of Photography
• Henry Vars — Original Music Composer
• Arthur Morton — Original Music Composer

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