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Force of Evil

Name: Force of Evil
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1950
Rating: 6.6
Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

1950 · Directed by Abraham Polonsky · 79 min · Crime · Drama · 10 frames

Tagline

Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

Crew

Screenplay: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert
Cinematography: George Barnes
Edited by: Art Seid
Produced by: Bob Roberts

Cast

John Garfield as Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
Marie Windsor as Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain as Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts as Ben Tucker
Paul Fix as Bill Ficco
Stanley Prager as Wally
Barry Kelley as Detective Egan
Paul McVey as Hobe Wheelock
Beatrice Pearson as Doris Lowry

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions
Box office: $1,165,000
Themes: new york city, gangster, film noir, lawyer, numbers racket, brother brother relationship

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