The Big Combo

  • Film
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Time Out says

Terrific gangster movie, although - despite the syndicate shenanigans promised by the title - it's more of a film noir focusing on the private, obsessional duel between Wilde's cop and Conte's gangster, each variously haunted by a woman and virtually becoming the other's alter ego during the course of their deadly vendetta. A film structured by viciousness and pain (amplified by two peculiarly hideous torture scenes involving a hearing aid), it's a dark night of several souls perfectly visualised in John Alton's extraordinary camerawork. Even better than Lewis' earlier - and remarkable - Gun Crazy.

Release Details

  • Duration:89 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Joseph H Lewis
  • Screenwriter:Philip Yordan
  • Cast:
    • Cornel Wilde
    • Richard Conte
    • Jean Wallace
    • Brian Donlevy
    • Lee Van Cleef
    • Earl Holliman
    • Robert Middleton
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