Big Heat

by Colin McArthur

The Big Heat first appeared in 1953, towards the end of the film noir cycle that had begun in the early '40s. It was greeted in the United States and Britain as a successful but modest product of the Hollywood system, "slickly written and directed" in the words of one critic. Only the extreme violence, as in the infamous scalding coffee scene, was singled out for special mention. Yet by the time the film was reissued in Britain in 1988 it had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851703429
• ISBN13: 9780851703428
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 7.5"