Force of Evil

Force of Evil (1948)

Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1948-12-25
  • User Rating: 6.541/10 from 109 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 19min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Roberts Pictures Inc.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Abraham Polonsky
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From 109 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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)

  • Margaret Bert

    as Sorter (uncredited)

  • Estelle Etterre

    as Secretary #4 (uncredited)

  • Sherry Hall

    as Sorter (uncredited)

  • Paul Frees

    as Elevator operator

  • Jack Overman

    as Juice (uncredited)

  • Tim Ryan

    as Johnson

  • Barbara Wooddell

    as Mary (uncredited)

  • Raymond Largay

    as Bunte (uncredited)

  • Beau Bridges

    as Frankie Tucker (uncredited)

  • Allen Mathews

    as Badgley (uncredited)

  • Georgia Backus

    as Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

  • Sid Tomack

    as Two and Two (uncredited)

  • Bert Hanlon

    as Cigar man (uncredited)

  • Bill Neff

    as Law clerk (uncredited)

  • Eileen Coghlan

    as Secretary (uncredited)
Directing Abraham Polonsky Director
Writing Abraham Polonsky Screenplay
Writing Ira Wolfert Screenplay
Sound David Raksin Music
Camera George Barnes Director of Photography
Production Jack Baur Casting
Production Bob Roberts Producer
Editing Art Seid Editor
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Sound Frank Webster Sound Engineer
Directing Robert Aldrich Assistant Director
Art Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Lillian Lashin Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Gustaf Norin Makeup Supervisor
Sound Rudolph Polk Music Director

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