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7.3Timeworn 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?
Released: 1947-07-1698 minDir: Jules DassinCrime, Drama, Thriller
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
Themes
- prison cell
- prison guard
- film noir
- black and white
- prison riot
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
12,259 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1947
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 4 wins total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 192946
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- publication date
- 1947-01-01
- title
- Brute Force
- review score
- 95%
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Categories
1940s prison films1947 American films1947 crime drama films1947 English-language films1947 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican crime drama filmsAmerican prison drama filmsEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilm noirFilms directed by Jules DassinFilms scored by Miklós RózsaFilms with screenplays by Richard BrooksTemplate film date with 1 release date