Written by James M. Tate / 5/07/2016 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , glenn ford , lee marvin
GLENN FORD, LEE MARVIN & GLORIA GRAHME IN THE BIG HEAT
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A young and lethal Lee Marvin puts THE BIG HEAT on a dame but the title refers to who's not shown, and after him... |
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Glenn Ford YEAR: 1953 |
It doesn't hurt having Glenn Ford in the lead, an actor so natural and disarming it's like he isn't even there sometimes. Not a pulp magazine superhero-type of muscular crime fighter but a suited (gentlemanly handsome) detective with, as mentioned before and many times throughout the film, a meager paycheck, living in a house so small the kitchen, where much of the dialogue between he and wife Jocelyn (sister of Marlon) Brando is set, both connecting like they've known each other forever, and then some, takes up half the space. Meanwhile, on the beat, Ford's Detective Sgt. Dave Bannon, with a low, mumbling voice, hat brim downturned towards shuffling black shoes, snooping around for some "truth" concerning a cop's "suicide" from a woman who turned up just as dead, now has his own threats coming from the real money-makers, and Bannon, angrier than ever, still keeps an even-keeled tone. That's what he's paid so little for, after all...
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Twilight Time Cover with the Coffee that scalds her mug |
RATING: ****
TRIVIA: Long ago there were BLOODY BAGFULS written on Cult Film Freak, a collection of summary-sized reviews and click this link for many of the Noir nature including THE BIG HEAT, which got much bigger, better treatment here, especially following yet another purchase from Twilight Time Movies, wherein each Blu Ray is limited to 3000 copies. Move over, Criterion, we've found a brand new addiction!
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