The Big Combo (February 13, 1955)

Released February 13, 1955: Police Lieutenant Leonard Diamond wants to arrest the biggest gangster in the city, and the gangster's girlfriend is the key to putting the big boss in prison.

Written by Philip Yordan

The Actors: Cornel Wilde (Police Leutenant Leonard Diamond), Jean Wallace (Susan Lowell), Richard Conte (Mr. Brown), Brian Donlevy (Joe McClure), Lee Van Cleef (henchman Fante), Robert Middleton (Police Captain Peterson), Earl Holliman (henchman Mingo), Helen Walker (Alicia Brown), Jay Adler (Police Detective Sam Hill, Diamond's partner), John Hoyt (Nils Dreyer), Ted de Corsia (Ralph Bettini), Helene Stanton (Rita), Roy Gordon (Audubon), and Steve Mitchell (Bennie Smith, the boxer), Baynes Barron (young detective), James McCallion (Frank the lab technician), Tony Michaels (the photo technician), Brian O'Hara (Attorney Malloy), Rita Gould (nurse), Bruce Sharpe (detective), Michael Mark (Fred, hotel clerk), Donna Drew (Miss Hartleby), Eve Bernhardt (cabaret showgirl), Jack Chefe (waiter), James Conaty (dance extra at the club), Jakob Gimpel (pianist), Herbert Lytton (waiter)

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The $96.50 a week Cop, Susan the Gangster’s Wayward Girl . . . and Alicia

Actress Jean Wallace lived a life that in many ways was more sensational than her role in this noir gangster story. The teen fashion model tried to become a movie star for many years but it seems that she had trouble pleasing the studios, and they soon stopped giving her parts in movies.

In 1941 she met actor Franchot Tone, who had divorced his first wife Joan Crawford. Their torrid love affair culminated in marriage, but after two children and seven years with Tone, Jean Wallace tried to commit suicide twice to get out of the marriage. Jean Wallace accused Franchot Tone of having an affair with blonde beauty Barbara Payton, and Franchot Tone accused Jean Wallace of having an affair with the bodyguard of notorious mobster Mickey Cohen.

After the divorce Tone went on to marry his next starlet conquest Barbara Payton, and Jean Wallace would meet and marry actor Cornel Wilde, her co-star in this noir thriller. They acted together in movies until their divorce in 1980, when Jean would decide to live with an assortment of pets instead of men. She seems to have found more comfort in pets like a tarantula than the men she hooked up with.

In this gangster story her real-life husband Cornel Wilde is a hard-boiled cop searching in vain for evidence that would put notorious gangster Mr. Green, played by Richard Conte, behind bars. Unfortunately, Mr. Green is so smooth and so smart that the cops cannot charge him with as much as jaywalking, let alone organized crime.

Tough Cop, tough gangster, and a gal that may be tougher than both of them, dance their way through an adventure in the dark underbelly of the big city. Pop a big bowl of white kernel popcorn with plenty of warm melted butter drizzled over it and enjoy the show.

the henchmen rub out Joe	Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy	Brian Donlevy
Cornel Wilde and Helene Stanton	Cornel Wilde and Helene Stanton
	Cornel Wilde and John Hoyt
Cornel Wilde and Ted de Corsia	Cornel Wilde and Ted de Corsia
Cornel Wilde	Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wild and Helene Stanton	Cornel Wilde
Helen Walker	Helene Stanton talks to Cornel Wilde
Helene Stanton
Jay Adler	Jean Wallace
Jean Wallace and Cornel Wilde	Jean Wallace talks to Roy Gordon
Jean Wallace	Jean Wallace and Helen Walker
Jean Wallace aims the spotlight	Jean Wallace
John Hoyt and Cornel Wilde	John Hoyt
Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman	Lee Van Cleef, Jean Wallace and Earl Holliman
Lee Van Cleef	Richard Conte
Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy	Richard Conte, Cornel Wilde and Jay Adler
Richard Conte and Cornel Wilde	Richard Conte and Herbert Lytton
Richard Conte and Jean Wallace	Richard Conte and Jean Wallace
Richard Conte and Robert Middleton	Richard Conte and Steve Mitchell
Richard Conte	Richard Conte
Robert Middleton and Cornel Wilde	Robert Middleton, James McCallion and Cornel Wilde
Ted de Corsia and Cornel Wilde	Ted de Corsia