Reviews for The Big Combo

7.0 / 10 1h 28min

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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Review by user578p1vl22i9

John Alton's black and white + Joseph H. Lewis's direction = Ultimate Noir

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Review by user290dsquti4m

"You Don't Know Me; I'm Very Stupid"

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Review by SunlitSeahorse

A Shattered & Battered Jazz-fueled Big Heat

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Review by user933upk8l474

Wow... Yet Another Great Film-Noir.

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Review by user765o8apvnb5

narrative tautness in classical Hollywood

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Review by user912yyj0b88m

First is first, and second is nobody.

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Review by user407p6w6x54x

Small Change ( Don't Get Rained On With His Own .38)

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Review by user7719o860fm9

Moody, highly atmospheric film noir

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Review by user6715pmdag4i

Evil men deserve a takedown like this.

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Review by user9661878hizi

" I live in a maze...A strange, blind and backward maze". This is a MUST-SEE movie for noir - balancing grittiness and art. Everything comes together here.

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Reviews for The Big Combo

John Alton's black and white + Joseph H. Lewis's direction = Ultimate Noir

"You Don't Know Me; I'm Very Stupid"

A Shattered & Battered Jazz-fueled Big Heat

Wow... Yet Another Great Film-Noir.

narrative tautness in classical Hollywood

First is first, and second is nobody.

Small Change ( Don't Get Rained On With His Own .38)

Moody, highly atmospheric film noir

Evil men deserve a takedown like this.

" I live in a maze...A strange, blind and backward maze". This is a MUST-SEE movie for noir - balancing grittiness and art. Everything comes together here.

I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.

Alton "Painting With Light"...Conte's Evil Boss...Gritty Glorious Noir