The Big Combo (1955)

NR ★ 7.0/10 88 min Drama, Crime United States English

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Philip Yordan

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Description

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Top Cast

Cornel Wilde Leonard Diamond

Jean Wallace Susan Lowell

Brian Donlevy Joe McClure

Richard Conte Mr. Brown

Lee Van Cleef Fante

Earl Holliman Mingo

Robert Middleton Police Capt. Peterson

Helen Walker Alicia Brown

The Big Combo Appears on 2 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)

The Film Foundation #71

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies

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