Brute Force (1947)
1h 38m
Running Time
July 16, 1947Release Date
Brute Force (1947)
1h 38m
Running Time
July 16, 1947Release Date
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Plot.
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?
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Cast & Crew.
Burt Lancaster
Joe Collins
Hume Cronyn
Capt. Munsey
Charles Bickford
Gallagher
Yvonne De Carlo
Gina Ferrara
Ann Blyth
Ruth
Ella Raines
Cora Lister
Anita Colby
Flossie
Sam Levene
Louie Miller #7033
Jeff Corey
'Freshman' Stack
John Hoyt
Spencer
Jack Overman
Kid Coy
Roman Bohnen
Warden A.J. Barnes
Sir Lancelot
Calypso
Vince Barnett
Muggsy
Jay C. Flippen
Hodges (guard)
Richard Gaines
McCollum
Frank Puglia
Ferrara
James Bell
Crenshaw
Howard Duff
Robert 'Soldier' Becker
Art Smith
Dr. Walters
Whit Bissell
Tom Lister
James O'Rear
Wilson
Paul Bryar
Harry (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Italian Father Visiting Prison (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Guard (uncredited)
Jack Gordon
Convict (uncredited)
John Harmon
Roberts (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Chef (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Tom - Tower Guard (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Jackson - Guard (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Guard in Machine Shop (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Convict (uncredited)
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Mark Hellinger
Producer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Richard Brooks
Screenplay
Jules Dassin
Director
Robert Patterson
Story
John DeCuir
Art Direction
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This Movie Is About.
prison cell
prison guard
prison riot
noir
Wiki.
Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and Yvonne De Carlo.
This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period. The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.
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