The Big Combo

Name: The Big Combo
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Released: 1955
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef

1955

Dir. Joseph H. Lewis

1h 28m

Synopsis

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Cast

Principal Cast

Police Capt. Peterson

Helen Walker

Alicia Brown

Crew

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

1907 – 2000

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907–August 30, 2000), was an American B-movie film director. Although he worked with both Béla Lugosi (The Invisible Ghost) and Lionel Atwill in early 1940s horror, he is best known for his work in film noir from the late 40s and the 1950s. His most acclaimed feature, Gun Crazy (1949), is a dark romance about gun-obsession, and …

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