Movie
Force of Evil
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-08-24
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Garfield as Joe Morse
- Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
- Marie Windsor as Edna Tucker
- Howland Chamberlain as Freddie Bauer
- Roy Roberts as Ben Tucker
- Paul Fix as Bill Ficco
- Stanley Prager as Wally
- Barry Kelley as Detective Egan
- Paul McVey as Hobe Wheelock
- Beatrice Pearson as Doris Lowry
- Arthur O'Connell as Link Hall (uncredited)
- Georgia Backus as Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Crew
- Abraham Polonsky - Director
- Ira Wolfert - Screenplay
- Abraham Polonsky - Screenplay
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