The Big Heat
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Alexander Scourby, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin Director: Fritz Lang Brand: Sony Writer: William P. McGivern DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed) Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-12-18 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of The Big Heat
Movie Review: Her Face Was Burned But Still Beautiful
Summary: 3 Stars
What more can I say about how beautiful and sexy Gloria Grahame is on the silver screen. I thought she was unbelievable in another noir classic, In A Lonely Place. Certainly she had a juicier leading lady part in the Bogart archetypal, but in The Big Heat she steals the show with classic 50's hard gal lines like when Lee Marvin admires her perfume. She say's: "It attracts mosquitoes and repels men."
What is it with post-WW2 adult attire? People look like they are overdressed for every event. The men are decked out in an ugly porkpie hat and overcoats in all weather. It's ninety degrees but Glenn Ford has a full suit and sweater on plus a heavy man's dress overcoat. Wow, that must have been tough under hot lights. The women all resemble Beaver Cleaver's mother in wide skirts and heavy, heavy fur coats. This unreality of clothing and non-weather, the obvious closed Hollywood set, makes for a stagy Fritz Lang effort. It looks campy to the modern eye including the Lee Marvin punk gangster swaggers. There's nothing like a lurking, campy Lee Marvin.
This one rushes to a film noir climax. It's not as raw as Detour, the definitive noir primitive, but it builds nicely.