The Big Combo

About The Big Combo

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

The Big Combo is a 1955 crime film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Cornel Wilde takes the lead as Leonard Diamond, Jean Wallace as Susan Lowell, Brian Donlevy as Joe McClure, and Richard Conte as Mr. Brown.

Released in February 1955, it runs 88 minutes. Written by Philip Yordan.

Shelv files it under film noir, police corruption, police detective, and double cross. It streams on Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, and Philo in the United States. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 181 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

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