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Force of Evil (1950)

"Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!"

6.6/10 1h 19m Aug 24, 1950
Crime Drama

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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Movie Details

Original Title Force of Evil
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

John Garfield
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Popularity: 3.5
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Popularity: 0.4
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Popularity: 2.1
Howland Chamberlain
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Popularity: 0.4
Roy Roberts
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Popularity: 2.2
Paul Fix
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Popularity: 5.6
Stanley Prager
Stanley Prager
Wally
Popularity: 0.1
Barry Kelley
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Popularity: 1.5
Paul McVey
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Popularity: 0.1
Beatrice Pearson
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Popularity: 0.1
Arthur O'Connell
Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.0
Georgia Backus
Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Abraham Polonsky
Screenplay Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert
Music David Raksin
Producer Bob Roberts
Editor Art Seid

Production

Roberts Pictures Inc.
Enterprise Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US

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Keywords

new york city gangster film noir lawyer numbers racket brother brother relationship

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10
Mar 11, 2014

Black sheep like to make everybody else look black. Force of Evil is directed by Abraham Polonsky, who also adapts the screenplay from the Ira Wolfert novel Tucker's People. It stars John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Howard Chamberlain and Roy Roberts. Music is by Dav ... Read more

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Details
Release Date August 24, 1950
Runtime 1h 19m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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