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A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.


“The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!”
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.

Cornel Wilde
Leonard Diamond

Jean Wallace
Susan Lowell

Brian Donlevy
Joe McClure

Richard Conte
Mr. Brown

Lee Van Cleef
Fante

Earl Holliman
Mingo

Robert Middleton
Police Capt. Peterson

Helen Walker
Alicia Brown

Jay Adler
Detective Sam Hill

John Hoyt
Nils Dreyer
The Big Combo is a drama, crime film released in 1955 exploring themes of film noir, police corruption, police detective, double cross, lie detection, antiques shop. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, it stars Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy. 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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