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The Big Combo

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The Big Combo
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NR,1hr 27min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
February 13, 1955
Director:
Joseph H. Lewis
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy  ...more
Synopsis: Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is criticized by his superior Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton) for his obsessive but fruitless investigation of organized crime boss Mr. Brown (Richard Conte). Peterson calls it a waste of the taxpayers' money motivated by Diamond's love for Brown's girlfriend Susan Lowell (Jean Wallace). Watched at all times by henchmen Mingo (Earl Holliman) and Fante (Lee Van Cleef), and masochistically drawn to Brown, Susan is unable to walk away from him. She overdoses ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The abstract beauty of Joseph H. Lewis' harsh, classic noir may be the best work of legendary cinematographer John Alton in the genre he did so much to shape. Although tightly scripted, the banal tale of a cop's obsessive quest to nail a powerful mobster would seem to hold few surprises, but here the plot elements are overwhelmed by a subtext of erotic obsession and implied depravity. Cornel Wilde's ... Full Review
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Cornel Wilde
Leonard Diamond
Richard Conte
Mr. Brown
Brian Donlevy
McClure
Jean Wallace
Susan Lowell
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