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The Big Combo The Big Combo (1955) Director Joseph H. Lewis' masterpiece, The Big Combo, stands with other great films like Fritz Lang's The Big Heat as one of the truly great film noir classics. This dark film is a tormented story of violence and dangerous obsession. Stressed-out cop Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) has two dangerous obsessions. He's on a reckless, hell-bent crusade to bring down sadistic gangster, Mr. Brown (Richard Conte) and wracked by insatiable desire for a dame (Jean Wallace), Brown's captive lover. Meanwhile, Brown's lieutenant-in-crime, McClure (Brian Donlevy) plots with hoods Fante (Lee Van Cleef) and Mingo (Earl Holliman) to overthrow their boss. In Brown's unforgiving world, however, defection and disloyalty are punishable by death. Photographed by noir icon John Alton (I, The Jury; He Walked By Night), The Big Combo is a hard-boiled Hollywood noir. quote "I'm gonna break him so fast he won't have time to change his pants." Mr. Brown (Richard Conte) External link Big Combo, the Big Combo, the
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