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The Big Heat   1953         N/R, 90 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller Director: Fritz Lang   Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones, Jeanette Nolan, Alexander Scourby, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Harry Lauter, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Chris Alcaide, Dorothy Green   Following his colleague's suicide, homicide detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates possible mob influence from within the city's police force. When a car bomb, meant for him, kills Bannion's wife Katie (Jocelyn Brando), he is taken off the case. Now, with help from Debbie (Gloria Grahame) who is the ex-mistress of gang leader Vince Stone (Lee Marvin), Bannion seeks revenge. Cast Glenn Ford Detective Sgt. Dave Bannion Gloria Grahame Debby Marsh Jocelyn Brando Katie Bannion Lee Marvin Vince Stone Carolyn Jones Doris Jeanette Nolan Bertha Duncan Alexander Scourby Mike Lagana Peter Whitney Tierney Willis Bouchey Lt. Ted Wilks Harry Lauter Hank O`Connell Robert Burton Detective Gus Burke Adam Williams Larry Gordon Howard Wendell Police Commissioner Higgins Chris Alcaide George Rose Dorothy Green Doris