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Force of Evil

Name: Force of Evil
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1950-08-24
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (141 Votes)

1950 EN 79 min

Overview

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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Release date

24/08/1950

Votes

141

Popularity

2.1

Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

Genres

Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

79 min

Revenue

$1,165,000

John Garfield

Joe Morse

Thomas Gomez

Leo Morse

Marie Windsor

Edna Tucker

Howland Chamberlain

Freddie Bauer

Roy Roberts

Ben Tucker

Paul Fix

Bill Ficco

Stanley Prager

Wally

Barry Kelley

Detective Egan

Paul McVey

Hobe Wheelock

Beatrice Pearson

Doris Lowry

Arthur O'Connell

Link Hall (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

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Margaret Bert

Sorter (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Secretary #4 (uncredited)

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Sherry Hall

Sorter (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Elevator operator

Jack Overman

Juice (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Johnson

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Barbara Wooddell

Mary (uncredited)

Raymond Largay

Bunte (uncredited)

Beau Bridges

Frankie Tucker (uncredited)

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Allen Mathews

Badgley (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

Sid Tomack

Two and Two (uncredited)

Bert Hanlon

Cigar man (uncredited)

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Bill Neff

Law clerk (uncredited)

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Eileen Coghlan

Secretary (uncredited)

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Dick Gordon

Attorney (uncredited)

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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 David Raksin and cinematography by George Barnes. Plot finds Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse, who works for powerful gangster Ben Tucker (Roberts). Tucker has a plan to control all of the numbers rackets in New York, something that with the fix on the numbers up and coming for the 4th July, will see all o…

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