Brute Force
1947 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of turning into a bloodbath.
Direction Jules Dassin
Cast Burt Lancaster · Hume Cronyn · Charles Bickford · Yvonne De Carlo · Sam Levene · Howard Duff · Art Smith · Jack Overman · Ella Raines · Roman Bohnen · Jeff Corey · Anita Colby · John Hoyt · Ann Blyth · Vince Barnett · Richard Gaines · Frank Puglia · Charles McGraw
Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa
Screenplay Richard Brooks · Robert Patterson
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Original title Brute Force
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