The Big Combo

Image Not Available Director: Joseph H Lewis Dvd Release: 1st February, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, Region 0 Encoding

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Director Joseph H Lewis masterpiece, The Big Combo, stands with other great films like Fritz Lang s The Big Heat as one of the truly great film noir classics. This dark film is a tormented story of violence & dangerous obsession. Stressed-out cop Leonard Diamond has two dangerous obsessions. Hes on a reckless, hell-bent crusade to bring down sadistic gangster, Mr. Brown & wracked by insatiable desire for a dame, Browns captive lover. Meanwhile, Browns lieutenant-in-crime, McClure plots with hoods Fante & Mingo to overthrow their boss. In Browns unforgiving world, however, defection & disloyalty are punishable by death. Photographed by noir icon John Alton, The Big Combo is a hard-boiled Hollywood noir. quote Im gonna break him so fast he wont have time to change his pants. Mr. Brown The Big Combo   at the Internet Movie Database.

Joseph H Lewis, a B-movie director with a sense of style, always strove for excellence, no matter how cheap the film. Even at the dawn of his career, when he was directing inexpensive, forgettable westerns, he earned the derogatory nickname Wagon-Wheel Joe from the studio editors because of his love for using wagon-wheels to construct interesting visual compositions within the frame. Although he worked with both Bela Lugosi & Lionel Atwill in early 40s horror, he is best known for his work in film noir from the late 40s & the 50s. His masterpiece is Gun Crazy, a dark romance about gun-obsession which is also one of the earliest & best uses of location photography in Hollywood. Toward the end of his career, he worked in television, directing episodes of The Rifleman, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke as well as the pilot for Branded. Joseph H Lewis   at the Internet Movie Database. Posters Of Bonanza

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