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05/04/1998

BBC Two - The Big Heat

Film noir about an honest cop determined to bust police corruption and the Mafia.

Fritz Lang's classic noir crime drama. An honest cop's investigations anger a powerful crime lord, with tragic consequences. Stars Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame.

Harrowing film noir about an honest cop determined to bust police corruption and the stranglehold of the Mafia. At first he innocently begins investigating the Mafia-related killing of a fellow cop, but things soon turn nasty.

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