The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 | 1h 24m | Noir, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Classic film noir where Police Lieutenant Leonard Diamond comes under pressure from a gang headed by a vicious thug. Jealous of his affair with another woman, the gangster's girlfriend supplies information to help the lieutenant bring the gangster in.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Joseph H. Lewis

CAST

Cornel Wilde

Richard Conte

Brian Donlevy

Jean Wallace

Robert Middleton

Lee Van Cleef

Earl Holliman

Helen Walker

Jay Adler

John Hoyt

PRODUCERS

Sidney Harmon

WRITERS

Philip Yordan

Related Videos

02:13
Big Combo, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Hate Is The Word
Clip
First appearance by the much-discussed "Mr. Brown" (Richard Conte), abusing his ex-boss turned employee McClure (Brian Donlevy), then fighter Benny (Steve Mitchell), early in Joseph H. Lewis' The Big Combo, 1955.
03:07
Big Combo, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) He's Too Innocent
Clip
Detective Diamond (Cornel Wilde) explaining why he's spent so much money chasing one gangster to Captain Peterson (Robert Middleton), who rightly points out there's a girl involved, early in Joseph Lewis' The Big Combo, 1955.

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