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Brute Force

Power Packed Picture!

  • Movie
  • 1947
  • 1h 38m

Directed by Jules Dassin

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 228 votes

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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?

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Cast and crew

  • Burt Lancaster

    Burt LancasterJoe Collins

  • Hume Cronyn

    Hume CronynCapt. Munsey

  • Charles Bickford

    Charles BickfordGallagher

  • Yvonne De Carlo

    Yvonne De CarloGina Ferrara

  • Ann Blyth

    Ann BlythRuth

  • Ella Raines

    Ella RainesCora Lister

  • Anita Colby

    Anita ColbyFlossie

  • Sam Levene

    Sam LeveneLouie Miller #7033

  • Jeff Corey

    Jeff Corey'Freshman' Stack

  • John Hoyt

    John HoytSpencer

  • Jack Overman

    Jack OvermanKid Coy

  • Roman Bohnen

    Roman BohnenWarden A.J. Barnes

  • Sir Lancelot

    Sir LancelotCalypso

  • Vince Barnett

    Vince BarnettMuggsy

  • Jay C. Flippen

    Jay C. FlippenHodges (guard)

  • Richard Gaines

    Richard GainesMcCollum

  • Frank Puglia

    Frank PugliaFerrara

  • James Bell

    James BellCrenshaw

Director
Jules Dassin
Writer
Richard Brooks and Robert Patterson
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
William H. Daniels