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Brute Force

Name: Brute Force
Director: Jules Dassin
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1947
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

1947 · Directed by Jules Dassin · 98 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 14 frames

Tagline

Power Packed Picture!

Crew

Screenplay: Richard Brooks
Cinematography: William H. Daniels
Edited by: Edward Curtiss
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Produced by: Mark Hellinger

Cast

Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins
Hume Cronyn as Capt. Munsey
Charles Bickford as Gallagher
Yvonne De Carlo as Gina Ferrara
Ann Blyth as Ruth
Ella Raines as Cora Lister
Anita Colby as Flossie
Sam Levene as Louie Miller #7033
Jeff Corey as 'Freshman' Stack
John Hoyt as Spencer

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Mark Hellinger Productions, Universal Pictures
Themes: prison cell, prison guard, film noir, black and white, prison riot

More by Jules Dassin

Night and the City — 1950
Thieves' Highway — 1949
The Naked City — 1948
Topkapi — 1964

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