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Brute Force (1947)

14A 07/16/1947 (US) Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 38m

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Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Jules Dassin

Director
Richard Brooks

Screenplay
Robert Patterson

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Burt Lancaster

Joe Collins
Hume Cronyn

Capt. Munsey
Charles Bickford

Gallagher
Yvonne De Carlo

Gina Ferrara
Ann Blyth

Ruth
Ella Raines

Cora Lister
Anita Colby

Flossie
Sam Levene

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Jeff Corey

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on May 30, 2015

Prison Noir!

This is Westgate Penitentiary, the Warden is a weak man, the prison is practically run by the cruel and highly ambitious Captain Munsey. But the prisoners are no walk overs, they deal their own justice to those that don't tow the line, tired and fed up of mistreatment, and fuelled by the Munsey influenced suicide of a popular inmate, the prisoners, led by big Joe Collins, plot a break out, the fear of failure not even an option.

Brute Force is a cracking moody picture directed with innovation by Jules Dassin and starring Burt Lancaster (brilliant as Joe Collins), Hume Cronyn... read the rest.

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