The Big Combo
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Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(184 votes)
Overview
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.
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Music
Music by David Raksin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by John Alton
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Philip YordanWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 13, 1955
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Cornel WildeLeonard Diamond
Jean WallaceSusan Lowell
Brian DonlevyJoe McClure
Richard ConteMr. Brown
Lee Van CleefFante
Earl HollimanMingo
Robert MiddletonPolice Capt. Peterson
Helen WalkerAlicia Brown
Jay AdlerDetective Sam Hill
John HoytNils Dreyer
Ted de CorsiaRalph Bettini
Helene StantonRita
Roy GordonAudubon
Baynes BarronYoung detective
James McCallionFrank - Lab technician- Tony MichaelsPhoto technician
Rita GouldNurse- Bruce SharpeDetective
Michael MarkFred (hotel clerk)- Donna DrewMiss Hartleby
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