The Big Heat

Part of Fritz Lang in America

Includes talk on Fritz Lang’s Life and Movies, by Depot's Chair of Trustees Robert Senior

A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion thinks there's more to the story.

After talking to the man's mob-connected mistress, Bannion discovers far-reaching corruption that leads all the way from the police station to kingpin Mike Lagana.

But when the policeman's lover is killed, it becomes clear that crossing Lagana is a dangerous thing to do. Soon Bannion finds himself marked for death and his family in mortal danger.

'...directed with a dramatic incisiveness, a sharp-edged observation that keeps the pitch of interest and excitement continuously high' - Lindsay Anderson, Sight & Sound

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