pDownload Movie The Big Combo [] Online or Start Watchp br pFor download click here : b bp br pA prime example of the American film noir style that flourished during the 1940s and '50s, IThe Big ComboI is now highly regarded as a stylistic milestone for its innovative use of deep shadows and harsh, singular light sources to define its visual strategy. This look is largely credited to the rulebreaking brilliance of cinematographer John Alton, who turns a standard plot of the era into a richly atmospheric experiment in visual invention. Ignoring conventional approaches to lighting, Alton defines the screen in terms of blackness, often framing characters as silhouettes cast in ominous grays or thick, roiling fogs. Moving from clarity to abstraction with masterful grades in between, Alton's trendsetting style has been celebrated by cinematographers since the film's release in 1955.p The film's plot keeps brisk pace with the visuals, focusing on the obsessive efforts of a tenacious detective (Cornel Wilde) to destroy a sadistic mobster (Richard Conte) whose vicious influence has nearly ruined the life of the woman (Jean Wallace) he keeps under his dark wing. Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman are nicely cast as the villain's toady henchmen, and Brian Donlevy's usual limitations serve him well as the humbled, frustrated kingpin who's been stifled by Conte's ambition. Director JosephnbspH. Lewis previously demonstrated his raw, stylistic vigor with the earlier cult favorite IGun CrazyI, and here he's in peak form with a perfect match of subject and sensibility. The result is hardboiled entertainment that still packs a punch.