THE BIG HEAT (1953)
dave bannion is an upright but unscrupulous cop on the trail
of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police
dave wasn't always like this
dave was a happy family man who would share smokes
with his wife and tell his little girl sweet bedtime stories
that's until his wife is killed when his car explodes
the bomb meant for him kills his wife instead
now, dave's pissed
bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow
officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are
on the gangsters' payroll
glenn ford plays dave bannion, a furious force of vengeance
he gets help along the way by the gangster's spurned
girlfriend played by gloria grahame, she's debbie
she's hot and knows it and tired of getting slapped around
by her boyfriend played by a very young lee marvin
as bannion and debbie fall further and further into the
gang's insidious and brutal trap
they must use any means necessary (including murder)
to get to the truth, dave's a cop so he ends up not
debbie's got big problems so she does
with it's many plot twists and really unscrupulous characters
this movie has stood the test of time and catapulted
glenn ford to super stardom in the mid fifties
... see this movie!