☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
The Big Heat (1953) – F. Lang
Glenn Ford takes on
corruption in his city, entering rooms with his fists flying, and this is after
he turns in his badge (but not his gun) to the police commissioner. (Which is
the same plot that Jackie Chan adopted for Police Story, come to think of it).
Sure, Ford is a righteous law enforcer but he's given plenty of reasons to go
insane in this film -- the Big Heat is on him and then he brings it down on the
baddies. Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin throw coffee at each other too. One of
Fritz Lang's best.
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