You won't have to chase after me to purchase this. π
This sounds great. Note, that John Alton's cinematography for #TheBigCombo is the first thing that you see in the wiki entry for film noir.
If you google "film noir" chances are that this is the first image that will come up. It is so iconic.
BTW: A restored version of #TheBigCombo is going to be released at the end of March and this is the steelbook cover.... naturally.
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When I saw #TheBigCombo at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social that line got a BIG laugh
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Spoiler alert - be wary of a Mr. Brown bearing gifts. π§
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"I can't swallow any more salami." π
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Iβll do you a favor. You wonβt hear the bullets!
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#TheBigCombo is a masterpiece of noir.
Removing McClure's earpiece is a chilling move.
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Mr. Brown's "yes man" is about to get it. The removal of his hearing aid as an act of "mercy" is great/ horrible.
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Actress Helen Walker ("Mrs. Brown" despite what she says). Mostly known as "Lilith Ritter" in "Nightmare Alley", this was her final film role.
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Helene Stanton, who played Rita, was the mother of Dr. Drew Pinsky. #TheBigCombo #TCMParty
For those that have never seen #TheBigCombo and have questions about why Fante (Lee Van Cleef) and Mingo (Earl Holliman) are so close ..... it is implied that they are lovers (or as implied as you could be in 1955).
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Between Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Helen Walker (she shows up a little later on), Jay Adler and Ted de Corsia #TheBigCombo is like a who's who of film noir. I guess Elisha Cook Jr. wasn't available, though. π
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The casting in this film is π₯
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That gun wonβt save you. π
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John Hoyt! So, you know evil doings are afoot.π
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Here for some Richard Contenoirβ’οΈ like #TheBigCombo #TCMParty
And the grittier the better. Conte at his best.
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Did hair tonic routinely come in quart-sized bottles? #TheBigCombo #TCMParty
Exactly why I'm watching. #TCMParty #TheBigCombo
I imagine that Cornel Wilde (Jean Wallace's real-life husband) was off set when this scene was filmed! π Director Joseph Lewis had to convince the Breen Office that nothing really happened here. We know better. Don't we?!
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Trying to escape down #NoirAlley in π¬ #TheBigCombo (1955)...
π½ John Alton cinematography
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According to her wiki page (I know π) actress Jean Wallace (1923-1990) attempted suicide several times in real life. So, these scenes must have hit close to home.
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This guy Richard Conte is playing is exactly like Trump
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Noir "textbook cover" type stuff. π
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With a film directed by Joseph Lewis, Cinematography done by the legendary John Alton and a score by the equally legendary David Raskin, a stylish noir is a given. And #TheBigCombo is (IMO) an essential noir.
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Jean Wallace is sublime and so is the ending.
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I am not at all a Cornel Wilde fan, but I do like Richard Conte. I think I tried to watch this once and couldn't get into it. But I'm giving it another chance this afternoon. #TCMParty #TheBigCombo
"You're looking live at sane people trying to escape 2025/2026!"
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