Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.
The Big Heat is of 1 hour(s) and 29 minute(s). It is Produced By: Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1953-10-14. It has the tagline: A hard cop and a soft dame. It has an average vote of 7.643 on TMDB.
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