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    The Big Combo

    Poster of the movie The Big Combo
    1955     Film noir    
    USA
    1h 24min
    Original lang: English, Swedish
    14A

    A sadistic crime boss mixes it up with a hard-nosed cop in a nerve-wracking tale of obsession and revenge. Coming nearly at the end of the noir cycle, this seminal film is a stylish blend of traditional noir themes and images with an increasing tendency toward modern violence and brutality. It doesn't hurt either that John Alton, the premier noir cinematographer shot it, providing us all with further incontrovertible evidence of his mastery of light and shadow. Ripe with homoerotic undertones, unsettling and ultimately exhilarating,

    Directed byJoseph H_ Lewis
    Written byPhilip Yordan
    CompanyReel Media InternationalReel Media InternationalReel Media International

    Starring

    Cornel Wilde
    Richard Conte
    Brian Donlevy
    Lee Van Cleef
    Earl Holliman
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