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The Big Combo

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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.

19551h 28mNRDrama, Crime

About The Big Combo

Directors
Joseph H. Lewis
Cast
Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman
Genres
Drama, Crime
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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