BIG COMBO [IMPORT]

Details

• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Classic, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: Raw and violent, steeped in the film noir tradition, this cult classic ventures into the seamy gangster underworld, oozing with seediness and low-life characters. Far ahead of its time, THE BIG COMBO takes a dark, disturbing look at the battle between Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde), a good cop, and Mr. Brown (Richard Conte), a sadistic crime boss...and the cool blonde who gets caught in the middle (Jean Wallace, married to Wilde in real life at the time).; ; With the help of the gangster's ex-girlfriend, Diamond is determined to bring down the cunning gangland kingpin. But the gangsters are ruthless. They savagely pummel Diamond and conduct gut-wrenchingly brutal acts of torture that were unusual on screen at the time of the film's release. With its unflinching direction by Joseph Lewis, THE BIG COMBO was a worthy predecessor of later explicitly violent films that honestly explored unsavory worlds.
• Cast: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker, Jay Adler, John Hoyt, Ted de Corsia, Helene Stanton, Roy Gordon, Whit Bissell, Steve Mitchell, Baynes Barron, James McCallion, Tony Michaels, Brian O'Hara, Rita Gould, Bruce Sharpe, Michael Mark, Philip Van Zandt, Donna Drew, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Jakob Gimpel, Herbert Lytton, Joseph H. Lewis
• Director: Joseph H. Lewis
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Image Ent.
• Media Format: Movie