Movie · 1953
The Big Heat
Released 14 October 1953 More from 1953 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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How old were they?
Robert Burton
as Det. Gus Burke
Edith Evanson
as Selma Parker
Celia Lovsky
as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
John Merton
as Man (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
as Lagana's Butler (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
as Lt. Ted Wilks
Howard Wendell
as Police Commissioner Higgins
Phil Arnold
as Nick (uncredited)
Alexander Scourby
as Mike Lagana
Harry Lauter
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Dan Seymour
as Mr. Atkins
Peter Whitney
as Tierney
Jocelyn Brando
as Katie Bannion
Dorothy Green
as Lucy Chapman
John Crawford
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
John Doucette
as Mark Reiner (uncredited)
Michael Granger
as Hugo
Gloria Grahame
as Debby Marsh
Lee Marvin
as Vince Stone
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The numbers
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Robert Burton — oldest on the call sheet
29Lee Marvin — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast