70%User score 70 percent
The Big Combo
1955 · Drama · Crime
User Score
23 votes
EVERY CITY HAS ITS DANGEROUS YOUTH. Stark, explosive drama - as the camera lays bare the heart of a big city and probe the secrets of its Violent Playground.
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
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CinemaSerf
November 1, 2023
David McCallum features strongly in this rather gritty story of "Johnnie", a bit of a pyromaniac, who falls foul of local policeman "Truman" (Stanley Baker) who is charged with dealing with the town's more violently recalcitrant youth. The latter character is not just about law enforcement, though, he is about rehabilitation and the gist of the story is to demonstrate that, whilst never easy or straightforward, there…
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