Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1955 · 1h 28m

The Big Combo

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Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Cast
Cornel Wilde as Leonard Diamond Jean Wallace as Susan Lowell Brian Donlevy as Joe McClure Richard Conte as Mr. Brown Lee Van Cleef as Fante Earl Holliman as Mingo
Crew
John Alton — Director of Photography Robert S. Eisen — Editor Philip Yordan — Writer Sidney Harmon — Producer Rudi Feld — Production Design Don Loper — Costume Design
Tagline

The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!

Synopsis

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Mood & Themes
film noirpolice corruptionpolice detectivedouble crosslie detectionantiques shophangarburlesque dancerpolice shootoutgang moll
Key Collaborators
Joseph H. Lewis Director John Alton Director of Photography Robert S. Eisen Editor Philip Yordan Writer Sidney Harmon Producer Rudi Feld Production Design Don Loper Costume Design
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