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Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and Yvonne De Carlo. This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period.
Brute Force: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo. At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Jules Dassin
- 1947-08
Mar 6, 2020 · Brute Force is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford.
- 98 min
- 10.2K
- Felicity Dungworth
Oct 21, 2020 · Burt Lancaster stars in this film noir prison drama about an escape and a sadistic guard.
- 94 min
- 23.5K
- My Old Video Cassette Collection
Mar 1, 2021 · Genres: Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / ThrillerDirector: Jules DassinCast: Yvonne De Carlo, Burt Lancaster, Ann Blyth, Ella RainesSynopsis:At overcrowded Westga...
- 98 min
- 1650
- Holocron TV
John F. DeCuir. Edited by. Edward Curtiss. As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was one of Jules Dassin’s first forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama with a scathing critique of the punitive American incarceration system at its heart. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under ...
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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 ...
