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.
Produced by Sidney Harmon
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
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 |