Force of Evil
1948, Film, 79 min, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!
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.
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Cast
- John Garfield as Joe Morse
- Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
- Beatrice Pearson as Doris Lowry
- 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
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