The Big Heat (1953) Criterion 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC FLAC-SARTRE

Noir doesn’t get any more hard-boiled than this scorching tale of vice and retribution, a film that finds director Fritz Lang working at the peak of his Hollywood style—stripped to the bone, simmering with outrage, and fatalistic to the core. A tightly wound Glenn Ford stars as a homicide detective whose investigation into a sprawling crime syndicate becomes a shockingly personal, hate-fueled quest for revenge. Costarring an iconic Gloria Grahame as the mink-coated gangster’s moll with her own axe to grind, and featuring a supporting cast led by a sensationally sleazy Lee Marvin, The Big Heat hits with raw, unstoppable force.
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TITLE...........: The Big Heat (1953)
STARS...........: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando
DIRECTOR........: Fritz Lang
WRITERS.........: Sydney Boehm, William P. McGivern
GENRE...........: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
TOMATOMETER.....: 100/90
IMDB SCORE......: 7.9
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045555
RUNTIME.........: 1h 29mn
SIZE............: 7.82 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 12000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: Commentary with film-noir experts Alain Silver and James Ursini
AUDIO3..........: Commentary with Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman. [PI]
AUDIO4..........: Isolated Score [PI]
SUBTITLES.......: ENG,ARA,CHI,DAN,DUT,FIN,FRE,GER,GRE,HIN,HUN,ITA,KOR,NOR,POR,SPA,SWE,THA,TUR
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray, Powerhouse Indicator Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2025-07-25

Extras

• Commentary by film-noir experts Alain Silver and James Ursini
• Commentary featuring Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman. [PI]
• Video essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme on the women in the film
• Audio interviews with director Fritz Lang, conducted by film historian Gideon Bachmann and filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• Interviews with filmmakers Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese
• Tony Rayns on Fritz Lang and The Big Heat [PI]
• Image Gallery [PI]
• Isolated Score [PI]
• Trailer