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The Big Combo
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 88 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Crime

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.

Cast

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

Leonard Diamond

Jean Wallace

Jean Wallace

Susan Lowell

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Joe McClure

Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Mr. Brown

Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Fante

Earl Holliman

Earl Holliman

Mingo

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Police Capt. Peterson

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Alicia Brown

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Detective Sam Hill

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Nils Dreyer

Details

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

Tagline

"The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Security Pictures, Theodora Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

November 14, 2022

★ 7/10

Cornel Wilde is quite good as the detective charged with investigating a local crime boss (Richard Conte) who thus far has proved a bit Teflon. After a few years of this relentless pursuit, he has managed to fall for the hoodlum's lady (Susan Wallace) and his captain deduces that he has become too close to remain objective and so the case is to be stopped. That all changes when Conte's thugs accid...

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