Big Combo Movie Review 1955

A gangster's ex-girlfriend helps a cop to smash a crime syndicate. Focuses on the relationship between Wilde's cop and the gangster Conte in an effective film noir, with some scenes of torture that were ahead of their time.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Film Noir, Organized Crime, Cops

Screenplay

Philip Yordan

Cast

Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Earl Holliman, Lee Van Cleef, Helen Walker

Cinematography

John Alton

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

Music

David Raksin

Producer

Allied Artists