The Big Heat

1953 film by Fritz Lang
Movie film Q1093085
The Big Heat
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The Big Heat

Summary

The Big Heat is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,302 views/month, #561 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Big Heat's image is recorded as Dorothy Green-Glenn Ford in The Big Heat.jpg[3].
  • The Big Heat's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Big Heat's director is recorded as Fritz Lang[5].
  • The Big Heat's screenwriter is recorded as Sydney Boehm[6].
  • The Big Heat's screenwriter is recorded as William P. McGivern[7].
  • The Big Heat's screenwriter is recorded as Fritz Lang[8].
  • The Big Heat's composer is recorded as Mischa Bakaleinikoff[9].
  • The Big Heat's genre is recorded as vigilante film[10].
  • The Big Heat's genre is recorded as film noir[11].
  • The Big Heat's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • The Big Heat's genre is recorded as mystery film[13].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Gloria Grahame[14].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Jocelyn Brando[15].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Alexander Scourby[16].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Lee Marvin[17].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Jeanette Nolan[18].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Carolyn Jones[19].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Willis Bouchey[20].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Robert Burton[21].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Celia Lovsky[22].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Dorothy Green[23].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Edith Evanson[24].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Peter Whitney[25].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Adam Williams[26].
  • The Big Heat's cast member is recorded as Glenn Ford[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Big Heat's producer is recorded as Robert Arthur[28]. Its director is recorded as Fritz Lang[5]. Screenwriters include Sydney Boehm[6], William P. McGivern[7], and Fritz Lang[8]. Cast members include Gloria Grahame[14], Jocelyn Brando[15], Alexander Scourby[16], Lee Marvin[17], Jeanette Nolan[18], and Carolyn Jones[19].

Publication

Publication dates include +1953-10-14T00:00:00Z[29], +1954-02-01T00:00:00Z[30], and +1954-02-05T00:00:00Z[31]. The Big Heat's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[32]. Genres include vigilante film[10], film noir[11], drama film[12], and mystery film[13]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[33].

Subject and Themes

The Big Heat's main subject is recorded as suicide[34].

Reception

Reviews include 8.5/10[35] and 94%[36].

Why It Matters

The Big Heat ranks in the top 0.6% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,302 views/month, #561 of 94,065).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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