The Big Heat/1953/Columbia Pictures/89 min.
Fritz Lang’s expose of a crooked police force reveals the painful price of corruption. Glenn Ford is the clean cop bucking the system; Lee Marvin scores as a sadistic villain and Gloria Grahame shines as a vamp who slowly wakes up to the badness all around her. Well since when is there a law against sleeping till noon?
Gloria G. is my kind of girl – “I’ve been rich & I’ve been poor” etc. – I agree! Hard to believe handsome Ford could play such a tough role. He looks so sweet.