(Fritz Lang, 1953)

Release date: 25 May 2020

Standard Edition Blu-ray

 

A HARD COP AND A SOFT DAME… IN A BRASS-KNUCKLE THRILLER!

 

Fritz Lang’s iconic film noir masterpiece is an uncompromising exploration of corruption and violence at the dark heart of small-town America. Glenn Ford is the good cop in a bad town, who single-handedly takes on local mobsters headed by Alexander Scourby and his psychotic right-hand man Lee Marvin.

 

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:

 

High Definition remaster

Original mono audio

Audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman 

Tony Rayns on Fritz Lang and 'The Big Heat' (2017, 34 mins): a newly filmed appreciation and analysis by the film historian

Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat (2009, 6 mins) 

Michael Mann on The Big Heat (2009, 11 mins) 

Isolated score: experience Henry Vars' original soundtrack music

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography 

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing