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Force of Evil
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6.6Lawyer 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.
Released: 1950-08-2479 minDir: Abraham PolonskyCrime, Drama
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
Themes
- new york city
- gangster
- film noir
- lawyer
- numbers racket
- brother brother relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
8,043 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
89/100
- Year
- 1948
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 4 wins total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Abraham Polonsky
- Screenwriter
- Abraham Polonsky
- Cast member
- Joel Fluellen
- Composer
- David Raksin
- Cinematographer
- George Barnes
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Fort Lee
- Duration
- 79
- FilmAffinity ID
- 282337
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Force of Evil (1948 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- title
- Force of Evil
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- Commons category
- Force of Evil
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