Big Combo

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Big Combo ★★★ 1955

A gangster's exgirlfriend helps a cop to smash a crime syndicate. Focuses on the relationship between Wilde's cop and the gangster Conte in an effective film noir, with some scenes of torture that were ahead of their time. 87m/B VHS, DVD . Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Earl Holliman, Lee Van Cleef, Helen Walker; D: Joseph H. Lewis; W: Philip Yordan; C: John Alton; M: David Raksin.

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