Product: The Big Combo [VHS] (1955)
Rating: 4.0
Nature's Own with extra pulp
What a swell cast and fine B pedigree we have here . I've never seen Brian Donlevy play second banana before . Figured his character would be champing at the bit to change that arrangement . Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman are a terrific pair of hoods (a frequent for Van Cleef) prior to the European westerns . Richard Conte chews the scenery real fine and is a hoot as Mr. Brown . I hadn't knowingly seen Cornel Wilde before but will remember him going forward . The two , young arm candies (blonde and brunette) were very fetching and mature in their respective roles . They'd have self conscious , college age girls play these womanly parts today . Thank gosh for yesterday . Fun gumshoe/toughs mashup .