Force of Evil (1950)
Force of Evil (1950)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Stanley Prager
Wally
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Sorter (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Secretary #4 (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Sorter (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Elevator operator
Jack Overman
Juice (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Johnson
Barbara Wooddell
Mary (uncredited)
Raymond Largay
Bunte (uncredited)
Beau Bridges
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Allen Mathews
Badgley (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited) / Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Two and Two (uncredited)
Bert Hanlon
Cigar man (uncredited)
Bill Neff
Law clerk (uncredited)
Eileen Coghlan
Secretary (uncredited)
Abraham Polonsky
Director / Screenplay
Dick Gordon
Attorney (uncredited)
Ira Wolfert
Screenplay
David Raksin
Music
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Robert Aldrich
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNew York City · Fort Lee, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
new york
gangster
lawyer
numbers racket
noir
brother brother relationship
Wiki.
Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield and Beatrice Pearson and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People. Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead.
In 1994, Force of Evil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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