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  • Classic Thriller in Full Length: The Big Combo - A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
    The Big Combo (1955)
    Director: Joseph H. Lewis
    Writers: Philip Yordan
    Stars: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace
    Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
    Country: United States
    Language: English, Swedish, Latin, German
    Release Date: 13 February 1955 (USA)
    Filming Location: Kling Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Storyline:
    Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's costing the department too much money with no results. Diamond makes one last attempt to uncover evidence against Brown by going to Brown's girlfriend, Susan Lowell.
    Reviews:
    "If you love film noir movies, then do yourself a favor and see "The Big Combo". Why? Well, because the film has a lot of what noir fans love--brutal action, snappy dialog, great cinematography with wonderful shadows and a grittiness that epitomizes the genre. And, like all good noir, the film has no pretty boys--just solid acting and realism.
    The film begins with a frustrated Lieutenant (Cornel Wilde) lamenting that months of work have failed to come up with anything useful to convict a local mobster (Richard Conte). To make things worse, the Captain has ordered the investigation to be dropped. So, on his own, Wilde pushes those around Conte to testify against him. The problem is, Conte is ruthless and has two seemingly gay thugs (Lee Van Cleef and Early Holliman) to do his dirty work. Ultimately, however, things start to break--can tough-cop Wilde finally get the goods on him? The film is much more brutal and harsh in style than most noir. In particularly, its handling of a taboo for the Post-Production Code era (gay hit men)--though it's not 100% obvious. But, for 1955, it's pretty risqué...and tough. Well worth seeing--with good acting, a taut script and plenty of excitement.
    By the way, I have one minor complaint. John Hoyt's 'Swedish' accent was downright silly--and sounded German. In fact, until they said he was a Swede, I just assumed he was German. Now Hoyt was a fine character actor (and played the Dr. McCoy role in the "Star Trek" pilot)--but here he's just out of his element." -written by "MartinHafer" on IMDb.com
    Also Known As (AKA):
    (original title) The Big Combo
    Argentina Gángsters en fuga
    Austria Geheimring 99
    Belgium (French title) Association criminelle
    Belgium (Flemish title) Misdadige vereniging
    Brazil Império do Crime
    Canada (English title) The Big Combo
    Denmark I edderkoppens spind
    Finland Häikäilemättömät
    France Association criminelle
    Germany Geheimring 99
    Greece (transliterated title) Aristokratai tou eglimatos
    Hungary A bűnbanda
    India (English title) Hoodlum
    Iran (Persian title) Obash
    Italy La polizia bussa alla porta
    Japan (Japanese title) 暴力団(1955)
    Mexico Genio del crimen
    Netherlands Het duivelscomplot
    Norway Edderkoppens spinn
    Poland Wielki kartel
    Portugal Rajada de Morte
    Romania Marea combinaţie
    Soviet Union (Russian title) Большой ансамбль
    Spain Agente especial
    Sweden Hämndens skugga
    Turkey (Turkish title) Karanlıkta vuruşanlar
    UK The Big Combo
    USA (working title) The Hoodlum
    USA The Big Combo
    West Germany Geheimring 99
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Комментарии • 59

  • @rogermaes6001
    @rogermaes6001 2 года назад +18

    One of the best noir films ever made : I saw it almost fifty times, it 's a masterpiece...
    David Raksin, great composer (Laura, For Ever Amber, It's a Big Country, Whirpool, Suddenly), underrated in my opinion, gives here once again, a wonderful score.
    Thank you vey much, the copy is very good.

    • @cvb6957
      @cvb6957 Год назад +1

      Yes! Fully agree. And the opening credits and that powerful swinging music by Rsksin... Fantastic. Gripping! 😍👍

    • @frannieo1707
      @frannieo1707 Год назад +1

      Yes, top-notch score from Raksin.

  • @elmagodelmaryahoo
    @elmagodelmaryahoo 2 года назад +12

    I *_LOOOVE_* this savory little "taste of Noir" crime thriller every time I watch it.... for Decades!!! 👌
    Thank You ARTFLIX for the beautiful HD quality upload, with rather classic, time-honored performances by both Richard Conte and Cornel Wilde.
    Not really _"True Noir",_ but Definitely DAMN WELL CLOSE ENOUGH.... 😎

  • @user-ty6do8yz4l
    @user-ty6do8yz4l 2 года назад +21

    I remember liking Conte, as a kid in the 70s. Not sure what I had seen him in, but he was older. I feel bad because I didn't know he had already died by that time, 1977ish. I was fascinated by black and white for some reason. We knew if something was BnW, it was from our parents, or grandparents time. If it was color ,it was usually more recent. 70s kids had the unique timing, of having a definite chronological border, in film and television. There's music and video, from 40 years ago, and some of it looks and sounds like it was done recently. Production value improved so much, its often hard to guess the year of something from the late 80s onward. I really like this style of film noir , most have some old jazz in the sound track,and that seals the deal. They always have a desperate energy.

    • @taylormaddux8433
      @taylormaddux8433 2 года назад +1

      Fascinating post. Thank you. I particularly liked, "desperate energy." Great description. I saw this a while back and remember liking it. Looks like a good print, which is always nice to see.

    • @jeanettesdaughter
      @jeanettesdaughter 2 года назад +1

      You captured it! Great review of the classic appeal of the noir genre, the culture before ( the rise - 1940s) and the after ( the fall -1970s) of the American dream. Seen No Way Out⁉️ Brings you right up to the present moment, except now we have the stylishly dramatized gangster, made to look heroic in technicolor nightmares like Power and Snowfall, stripped of ideas and relatable characters but plenty of sensational sex, narcotics corruption and hypnotic hip hop soundtracks.

    • @eddiefaccioni2453
      @eddiefaccioni2453 2 года назад +2

      I saw Richard Conte in a film called "Eye Of The Beholder". It was shown in my junior high school class during the early '70's.

    • @scarletibis3158
      @scarletibis3158 2 года назад +1

      Well said!

    • @frannieo1707
      @frannieo1707 Год назад

      Conte was Barsini in The Godfather.

  • @charliewest1221
    @charliewest1221 2 года назад +15

    Yep! It's a classic all the way. Ticks all the boxes. 5/5 for me.

  • @lunamae4718
    @lunamae4718 2 года назад +15

    Eerything about this movie is remarkable - the music, photography, actors, story line.....thank you

  • @jimmycrosby
    @jimmycrosby 2 года назад +10

    Love these black and white noir films 😎

  • @cababness
    @cababness 9 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent film! Filled with great acting, dialogue and lighting . You'd never realize that they ran out of money to finish the end of the film, as it's still a great ending!! Thanks so much for putting this online!😊

    • @jessewett
      @jessewett 5 месяцев назад

      Even down to the last dark shot, the cop hero and the thug's ex-girlfriend walking out from the garage, no embrace and no mush.

  • @TrevorAnnDouglas
    @TrevorAnnDouglas 2 года назад +8

    Great supporting cast as well.

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 25 дней назад

    That was outstanding! Thank You, Artflix!!😊

  • @2ni2808
    @2ni2808 2 года назад +12

    thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece with us . I enjoyed it every minute ....

  • @raylenenielsen5943
    @raylenenielsen5943 2 года назад +4

    I’ve passed this one up many times, but my goodness it was so good! Great in every way.

  • @izzy9132
    @izzy9132 2 года назад +6

    Thank you for this fantastic music score.

  • @jessewett
    @jessewett 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great script, direction. Richard Conte always fun to watch. Lee Van Cleef long before he tangled with Clint Eastwood in a couple of excellent Sergio Leone westerns. And Jean Wallace, one of the loveliest of the blonde bombshells of that era.

  • @harri2626
    @harri2626 2 года назад +7

    An excellent film - never heard of it or seen it before.

  • @vivianidelacerda9708
    @vivianidelacerda9708 2 года назад +5

    Thanks for posting

  • @wrdennig
    @wrdennig 19 дней назад

    Wonderful flick . . . great acting! . . . the ending is reminiscent of Casablanca - the start of a beautiful relationship.

  • @user-rd3gt9lz5v
    @user-rd3gt9lz5v 26 дней назад

    The opening title sequence with its swaggering music by David Raksin is worth the price of admission alone. The photography throughout too. Jean Wallace never looked so gorgeous as she does here, a fragile light in this dark movie. It's a B-movie, but a classic one. And with a Casablanca style ending (a bit hastily done, maybe they ran out of money)

  • @rpminc1974
    @rpminc1974 2 года назад +5

    Awesome movie it was strange though seeing Brian Donlevy playing a 2nd fiddle character when he is usually the main man !!

  • @anthonyfrew1571
    @anthonyfrew1571 Год назад +1

    Richard Conte in the role of a lifetime - Brain Donlevy cast against type to fine effect - strong supporting cast including Lee Van Cleef - violent for its day - I have always enjoyed this film that has grown in reputation over the years

  • @dougmoore5252
    @dougmoore5252 3 месяца назад

    A fine film. Thank you!

  • @benronin7875
    @benronin7875 2 года назад +10

    great classic film, i enjoyed it ^^

    • @Southamericangirl42
      @Southamericangirl42 2 года назад +3

      So did I. It was in my suggestion feed. Although film noir isn't my thing, this is such a great flick!

  • @markeggins890
    @markeggins890 5 месяцев назад

    Fabulous movie, great print, thanks!

  • @ronalddeavy2657
    @ronalddeavy2657 Год назад +2

    Wow!!

  • @christop_bader
    @christop_bader 6 месяцев назад

    This is one of my all time favorite noirs with the great Cornel Wilde

  • @zeldasmith6154
    @zeldasmith6154 2 года назад +2

    Love black and white and it's just now the opening scene and it's spectacular.

  • @csrollyson
    @csrollyson 2 года назад +3

    Surprisingly recommended. Police lieutenant on quixotic quest to nail ultra smooth crime boss, through multiple murders, a hidden wife, many girls.. who will prevail?

    • @ArtflixMovieClassics
      @ArtflixMovieClassics  2 года назад

      You might like this movie too: ruclips.net/video/GL9lZX2Y0BU/видео.html

  • @garrysekelli6776
    @garrysekelli6776 2 года назад +4

    Uht oh. It's got Richard conte in it. And another thing I noticed In the sidelines: lee van cleef muddarakers.

  • @manekdubash5022
    @manekdubash5022 Год назад +1

    Love the Hayes Code transgression in this terrific noir. From the shot where Mr Brown goes down on his girl (Susan) to the two obviously gay guys sleeping in the same bedroom, as well as their tactility.

  • @ericrobson4291
    @ericrobson4291 Год назад +2

    Richard conte/was the man when Coppola brought him into the godfather he brought the noir mythology/+the great Stirling Hayden/

  • @willieluncheonette5843
    @willieluncheonette5843 Год назад +1

    My review from a few years ago.
    "Glad I saw, for the second time, THE BIG COMBO (1955) on CUNY TV last night..Directed in fine style by Joseph H. Lewis, also responsible for My Name is Julia Ross (1945) and Gun Crazy.(1949). A real testament to a director who in 1938 and early 1940's was turning out six and seven bottom of the barrel quickies a year.
    Basically the story line is a police lieutenant (Cornel Wilde) goes after a criminal (Richard Conte) whose wife (Jean Wallace) does not love him. Wilde hopes she will assist him in his quest. Conte, full of chirping, venomous confidence, gives the best performance I've ever seen from him. He's psychologically aware, cunning and ruthless. Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef and Earl Hollman are all fine as Conte's minions as is the striking looking Helene Stanton as Wilde's stripper girlfriend. The only weak link, IMO, is Wallace who is a bit one dimensional in her acting.
    From the dark opening alley chase sequence to the last shot in white fog, this is some kind of film. Cinematographer John Alton is universally praised for his style and The Big Combo might be his finest achievement. A claustrophobic tale filled with shadows, harsh facial lighting and spotlights. The whole film is an amazing exercise in painting with light (the title of his book). David Raksin's jazz influenced score is also perfect for the roller coaster twists and turns on the screen.
    The Big Combo has everything--guns, killings, violence and torture. Oh, and toss in sexual perversity and homosexuality as some reviewers have stated. .There is a brilliant and brutal torture scene that is almost unbearable to watch, a startling and most likely unique for its time machine gun killing, and an inventive last scene that, due to budget limitations, was fashioned out of skeleton sets and the most meager of props. This marvelous little noir was shot in 26 days---give Joseph Lewis full credit here. Like Edgar G. Ulmer, another poverty row director, Lewis had the wonderful ability to create gems out of rubble.
    Foster Hirsch is rapidly becoming one of my favorite commentators on noir. Last night he said " The Big Combo is a summation of noir themes" He is right; this late in the noir cycle film has everything. He also stated " There's not a normal, well adjusted character in the film." Spot on again.. Hero police lieutenants are supposed to be 100% good guys but here Wilde is anything but. In this respect The Big Combo reminds me of Kiss Me Deadly. Explosive melodramatic plot inhabited by flawed, unsympathetic characters. At one point in the program Hirsch, the author of 16 books related to film and theater, asked the host of the show, Jerry Carlson, a question because Hirsch wasn't sure himself. This is the kind of intelligent, humble man for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration.
    If you yearn for a noir that touches all bases, look no further than The Big Combo .Very highly recommended. Simply one of the great noirs.

  • @Mrrossj01
    @Mrrossj01 2 года назад +2

    How did the censors miss what was going on at 27:20?

  • @user-ty6do8yz4l
    @user-ty6do8yz4l 2 года назад +4

    2:40 badass Superfox! How hot are you, when this much time could pass, and still be considered that Hot? Jesus, she's Gorgeous at any point in human history!

  • @jt21419
    @jt21419 9 месяцев назад

    A movie with a sting, a far better movie than The big Heat.

  • @JohnSmith-xp9kh
    @JohnSmith-xp9kh 2 года назад +5

    Nice one

  • @buckmartinez
    @buckmartinez Год назад

    Anyone know why this version is 87 minutes and others are 84 minutes? Nothing appears to have been cut from the latter.

  • @cartermcafee568
    @cartermcafee568 2 года назад +2

    You can get the big combo at Jack in box☕🍔🍟🥤🤓😌🧐

    • @ArtflixMovieClassics
      @ArtflixMovieClassics  2 года назад

      You might like this movie too: ruclips.net/video/GL9lZX2Y0BU/видео.html

  • @johnamogo5202
    @johnamogo5202 2 года назад

    nice movie

  • @carlosarturosousagarridole9361

    En mi tv no aparecen los subtítulos en castellano

  • @charliewest1221
    @charliewest1221 2 года назад +2

    "Two gay hitmen": the reviewer, Martin Hafer is talking crap. Also: I thought that John Hoyt delivered am excellent cameo. More crap from Hafer. Watch it carefully.

  • @clelia3676
    @clelia3676 2 года назад +2

    Sem dublagem em português não dá!!

  • @micheljean9706
    @micheljean9706 2 года назад +2

    En français le film

  • @luizlourencocancela8118
    @luizlourencocancela8118 2 года назад +3

    🇵🇹🇧🇷👍👍👍👍

  • @fabam7553
    @fabam7553 2 года назад +5

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