The Big Combo

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JJJJJJ J Underrated noir that deserves more attention. The film played with some really interesting themes that both worked for the genre but also kept the movie engaging. The character creations was quite good and though most fell into cliche categories they also felt unique and individual. There were some really good one liners in this movie as well. I would recommend this film to any fans of the genre. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/16/23 Full Review deke p 1955! Film Noir. Great cast. Love the Cornell. And that blonde was freshfaced and glookn! Never heard of before saw on tv 5.2021. And by amazing coincidence, just this morning I had The BIG COMBO at Taco Bell. What are the odds. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Jessica C It's a nice film noir but nothing too special. Helped me pass the time though! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/21 Full Review Audience Member Better than big combo Blobbo order from Wendy's. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review paul d The Big Combo is a great noir crime drama and one of the best "B movies" I've seen. Joseph H. Lewis crafted an engrossing film, and deserves credit on many fronts. With a great economy of style, his scene transitions leave no time for our minds to wander. He also keeps us focused on on-screen details with some fleeting and audacious material for 1955, hinting at a homosexual relationship between Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman and showing the beginning of a particularly overt sexual moment between Richard Conte and Jean Wallace. Lewis and the producers also deserve great credit for assembling such an impressive number of recognizable and skilled actors in a B film: Cornell Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donleavy, Lee Van Cleef, Robert Middleton, Earl Holliman,Ted de Corsia, Jay Adler, Phil Van Zandt and John Hoyt. Aside from a wooden performance from model-turned-actress Wallace, each of them developed their characters well, and quickly. We are treated to a very fine Richard Conte playing to perfection (and to type) a suave and cold-blooded bad guy. Ted de Corsia, with only five minutes of screen time, leaves us feeling like we know everything about his character. And how did they convince tough-guy Brian Donlevy to agree to a role against type, where he plays a defeated and humiliated man who's still in the crime business because that's the only business he knows? Donlevy pulls this off with grace and subtlety. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Tom M Great noire. Wilde is very good as is the remainder of the cast. But it's Conte's cruelty, cunning and soullessness that puts him among the best movie crime bosses of all time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/20 Full Review Read all reviews

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