Reference to several affairs.

There is a kiss between a husband and his wife.

Reference to the torture and stangulation of one of the female characters.

Woman killed by a car bomb.

The Big Heat is more violent than other films made during its time.

The film opens with the suicide of a policeman.

A scarred woman shoots another woman.

A woman shows the scars she received on her face to another man.

A man shoots a woman down.

A man throws a pot of hot coffee in a woman's face, scalding her badly. Later in the movie, she throws a pot of hot coffee in that same man's face, hurting him badly. His face is bloody and injured especially after a fist fight with another man. Very graphic.

One use of "Stupid"

Several scenes are in cocktail lounges where people freely drink alcohol.

A man orders a beer at a bar booth. A woman asks for a brandy from a bartender.

A man offers a woman a shot of whisky. They both drink.

An angry man hurts a woman's hand when she rolls the dice incorrectly in a bar.

A man shoots a woman.

A man chokes a woman against a fireplace mantel.

A man has a fistfight with a body guard.