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By Steve G (1,301) on 04 Mar 2011

Thought this was good. Simple, yet effective…

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By David F (1,889) on 04 Mar 2011

Thought this was good. Simple, yet effective…

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By Martin T (888) on 12 Aug 2010

Excellent noir. A detective (Cornel Wilde) tries to pin down a ruthless crime boss (Richard Conte)…

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By Jacob O (99) on 12 Aug 2010

Excellent noir. A detective (Cornel Wilde) tries to pin down a ruthless crime boss (Richard Conte)…

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By Dave J (1,987) on 12 Aug 2010

Excellent noir. A detective (Cornel Wilde) tries to pin down a ruthless crime boss (Richard Conte)…

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By Peter F (998) on 01 Jul 2010

Decent but I've seen better noirs. Kinda shot like a tv show at times…

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By Lewis P (299) on 03 Apr 2010

More 'Dragnet' than 'Out of the Past * This review may contain spoilers * It's instructive to compare 'The Big Combo' with another detective…

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By Xgary X (983) on 30 Dec 2009

Cornel Wilde stars as detective in love with society girl and gangster's moll Jean Wallace whose suicide attempt gives him the name Alicia;…

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By Doug C (199) on 24 Aug 2009

A pretty straight forward movie is elevated to a mini-epic by buckets of style - no shot is small or simply lit and no shadow is shallow…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 23 Aug 2009

Tough acted noir with a straight-forward storyling. It visually hits all the right notes for this genre…

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By Stephen C (1,119) on 23 Aug 2009

Classic film noir ,with some neat touches to add to the usual Noir types…

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By Ryan M (2,675) on 28 Jul 2009

A solid noir from Joseph Lewis, a.k.a. the talent who made 'Gun Crazy…

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By Justin R (1,063) on 20 Jun 2009

Really great noir with a great cast and the kind of cinematography they write textbooks about…

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By Christopher S (2,154) on 03 Jan 2009

Bon polar noir. Un peu longuet malgre tout. Pas de suspens transcendant, mais un bon jeu d'acteurs et des bonnes repliques…

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By Paavo L (416) on 12 Dec 2008

Alkuun erinomainen rikoselokuva, mutta lopussa tulee muutama juttu josta en niin pitanyt…

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By Private U (13,627) on 31 Oct 2008

Quite possibly the most sophisticated and sexually explicit film of its time, and I dare say it is still pretty advanced compared with some…

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By Simon T (674) on 23 Jun 2008

One of my favorite film noir. Gotta love Lee Van Cleef as the closeted henchman Fante…

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By Drew M (571) on 23 Jun 2008

One of my favorite film noir. Gotta love Lee Van Cleef as the closeted henchman Fante…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Jan 2008

It is done with grim melodramatics that are hard-hitting despite a rambling, not-too-credible plot, and is cut out to order for the meller…

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By Dave C (1,370) on 09 Sep 2007

One of the highest achievements of B noir…

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