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The Big Combo is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph H. Lewis released in USA on 13 february 1955 with Cornel Wilde
The Big Combo (1955)
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Add to a movie listThe Big Combo is a 1955 American film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin.
The film stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well as Jean Wallace, who was Wilde's wife at the time. It also included the final screen appearance of actress Helen Walker.
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Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He's also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past.Actors
Cornel Wilde
(Leonard Diamond)
Richard Conte
(Mr. Brown)
Brian Donlevy
(Joe McClure)
Jean Wallace
(Susan Lowell)
Lee Van Cleef
(Fante)
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