The Big Combo
“The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!”
1955•NR•1h 28m•7.0•Released
DramaCrime
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.
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Writer
Philip Yordan
Languages
English
Studio
Security Pictures
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
Jay Adler
Detective Sam Hill
John Hoyt
Nils Dreyer
Ted de Corsia
Ralph Bettini
Helene Stanton
Rita
Roy Gordon
Audubon
Baynes Barron
Young detective
James McCallion
Frank - Lab technician
Production
Company
Security Pictures
Company
Theodora Productions
Company
Allied Artists Pictures
Producer
Sidney Harmon
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