The Big Combo

The Big Combo

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1955-02-13
Genre:Drama, Crime
Duration:88 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Joseph H. Lewis
Actors:Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef
Production:Security Pictures, Theodora Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Overview:

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.

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