Big Combo, The

DVD review noting "the shadows captured by cinematographer John Alton's camera look ominous and threatening."

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DVD review: The Big Combo. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Cinematography by John Alton. Starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Earl Holliman, and Lee Van Cleef. Screenplay by Philip Yordan.
Jean Wallace and Cornel Wilde in The Big Combo. (© 1954 Security Pictures, Inc. and Theodore Productions, Inc. © renewed 1996 TV Matters B.V. All rights reserved.) D V D R E V I E W B Y G

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2. Savant Review - The Big Combo

DVD review by Glenn Erickson.

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in particular had all the ingredients to make a film critic happy: sexual obsession, violence, a nihilistic attitude toward society and a unique visual style that made low budget filmmaking look like
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3. The Big Combo

Dennis Schwartz reviews this "action-packed sleazy crime drama."

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Joseph H. Lewis; screenwriter: Philip Yordan; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Robert S. Eisen; cast: Cornel Wilde (Police Lt. Leonard Diamond), Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton), Richard Conte
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4. The Big Combo

DVD review by Stuart J. Kobak.

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Several of cinematographer John Alton's films are prime examples of film noir. Raw Deal and T-Men directed by Anthony Mann depict the dark world of noir in elegant light. The stylish, key-lit

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5. The Big Combo (1955)

Review by Roger Westcombe.

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Starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace; 1955 film noir was nearing the completion of its ‘cycle’ (generally held to end with 1958’s Touch of Evil - thereafter
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6. The Big Combo

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Posted by monsterhunter Under If you love guys riding around the desert on horses with their scimitars in the air, this Italian sword and sandal epic with a Middle Eastern paint job will surely put a
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7. The Big Combo

Review of the "exceptionally brutal film noir."

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The Big Combo , 1954. Directed by Joseph Lewis. Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Earl Holiman, Synopsis: Police Lieutenant Louis Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is obsessed with
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8. The Big Combo

Barrie Maxwell reviews the movie "that blended overt sexually with graphic violence at a level seldom seen in films of the 1950s."

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// 1955 // 88 Minutes // Not Rated Reviewed by Judge Barrie Maxwell (Retired) // November 3rd, 2000 "First is first and second is nobody!" The film noir cycle of the late 1940s and early

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9. AllMovie: The Big Combo

Synopsis, review, credits, awards, and list of similar films.

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Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is criticized by his superior Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton) for his obsessive but fruitlessâ€¦
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond ( ) is criticized by his superior Capt. Peterson ( ) for his obsessive but fruitless investigation of organized crime boss Mr. Brown ( ). Peterson calls it a waste of the

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10. AvRev: The Big Combo

DVD review by Bill Warren. "Not every video purchase has to put a home theater system to the test; this is simply a very good movie, well worth seeing, well worth owning."

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