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Dec 31, 2023 · Force of Evil is a 1948 American crime film noir starring John Garfield and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People....
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Aug 30, 2021 · Force of Evil is a 1948 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Abraham Polonsky, who was previously known as a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947). Like Body and Soul, the film starred John Garfield.
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Oct 15, 2022 · Set in New York City, "Force of Evil" combines and not entirely subtlely equates the numbers racket with banking and Wall Street. The film focuses on an ambitious young lawyer, Joe Morse, in an extraordinary performance by Garfield.
Force of Evil. 1948 · 1 hr 19 min. TV-PG. Crime · Drama. Joe Morse, an unscrupulous lawyer, wants to consolidate all the small-time operators of the numbers racket into one big, powerful operation. Subtitles: English. Starring: John Garfield Beatrice Pearson Thomas Gomez Marie Windsor Howland Chamberlain. Directed by: Abraham Polonsky.
- Abraham Polonsky
- January 1, 1948
- John Garfield
Force of Evil: Directed by Abraham Polonsky. With John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor. An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Abraham Polonsky
- 1949-03
Jul 31, 2023 · "Force of Evil" is a film noir released in 1948, directed by Abraham Polonsky. The film is based on the novel "Tucker's People" written by Ira Wolfert. It is considered one of the classic...
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Synopsis. Joe Morse, an attorney for racketeer Ben Tucker, realizes that thousands of people select the number "776" in the lotteries on Independence day and conceives of a clever scheme to fix that as the winning number on the Fourth of July, thus bankrupting the numerous numbers banks operating in the city and enabling Tucker to gain a ...