The Big Heat
Ford made "Plunder of the Sun" (1953) with John Farrow, then was cast in the lead of "The Big Heat" (1953), Fritz Lang's classic crime melodrama with Gloria Grahame, at Columbia. After "Appointment in Honduras" (1953) at RKO, Ford reunited with Lang and Grahame in "Human Desire" (1954). Ford did two Westerns, "The Americano" (1955) at RKO and "The Violent Men" (1955) at Columbia.