The big heat

Resource Information

The work The big heat represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The big heat

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Sydney Boehm ; produced by Robert Arthur ; directed by Fritz Lang

Contributor

• Kiernan, William
• Peterson, Robert, 1909-1979
• Lang, Charles B.
• Scourby, Alexander, 1913-1985
• Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976
• Louis, Jean, 1907-1997
• Arthur, Robert, 1909-1986
• Marvin, Lee
• McGivern, William P
• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997
• Wendell, Howard, 1908-1975
• Whitney, Peter, 1916-1972
• Bakaleinikoff, Mischa
• Boehm, Sydney
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Bouchey, Willis
• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005
• Williams, Adam, 1922-2006
• Burton, Robert, 1895-1962
• Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998
• Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006
• Grahame, Gloria

Actor

• Whitney, Peter, 1916-1972
• Wendell, Howard, 1908-1975
• Scourby, Alexander, 1913-1985
• Bouchey, Willis
• Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998
• Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005
• Marvin, Lee
• Burton, Robert, 1895-1962
• Williams, Adam, 1922-2006
• Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006
• Grahame, Gloria

Art director

• Peterson, Robert, 1909-1979

Costume designer

• Louis, Jean, 1907-1997

Director of photography

• Lang, Charles B.

Film director

• Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976

Film distributor

• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

Film editor

• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997

Film producer

• Arthur, Robert, 1909-1986

Musical director

• Bakaleinikoff, Mischa

Production company

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Screenwriter

• Boehm, Sydney

Set designer

• Kiernan, William

Subject

• Organized crime
• Organized crime -- Drama
• Crime -- Feature
• Police
• Police -- Drama
• Thriller -- Feature
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Police
• Crime films
• Drama
• Dramatic films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Film adaptations
• Film noir
• Film noir
• Film noir -- Feature
• Gangster films
• Gangster films
• McGivern, William P
• McGivern, William P. -- Film adaptations
• McGivern, William P. -- Television adaptations
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Mystery -- Feature

Genre

• Crime
• Videodiscs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Thriller
• Television adaptations
• Mystery
• Melodrama
• Gangster films
• Film noir
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Dramatic films
• Drama
• Crime films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• chi
• eng
• kor
• por
• spa
• tha
• eng

Summary

An honest police sergeant risks his life and his job when his investigations lead to the exposure of the crime syndicate that controls the city administration

Cataloging source

WHE

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Gowns by Jean Louis ; director of photography, Charles Lang ; art director, Robert Peterson ; film editor, Charles Nelson ; set decorator, William Kiernan ; musical director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Dewey number

791.43655

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

Soundtrack available in English and French. Subtitles available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai ; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.B4265 2001

PerformerNote

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell

Runtime

89

Technique

live action