Phim
Force of Evil
Tóm tắt
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.
Chi tiết
- Ngày phát hành
- 1950-08-24
- Thời lượng
- 79 min
- Thể loại
- Phim Hình Sự, Phim Chính Kịch
- Trạng thái
- Released
- Sản xuất
- Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Quốc gia
- United States of America
- Ngôn ngữ gốc
- EN
Diễn viên
- John Garfield vai Joe Morse
- Thomas Gomez vai Leo Morse
- Marie Windsor vai Edna Tucker
- Howland Chamberlain vai Freddie Bauer
- Roy Roberts vai Ben Tucker
- Paul Fix vai Bill Ficco
- Stanley Prager vai Wally
- Barry Kelley vai Detective Egan
- Paul McVey vai Hobe Wheelock
- Beatrice Pearson vai Doris Lowry
- Arthur O'Connell vai Link Hall (uncredited)
- Georgia Backus vai Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Ê-kíp
- Abraham Polonsky - Director
- Abraham Polonsky - Screenplay
- Ira Wolfert - Screenplay
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