Brute Force (1947)
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, prison film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 212 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a corrupt prison, a group of inmates plan an escape from a sadistic captain who rules with cruelty. The warden tries to maintain order while the prisoners face betrayal and violence.
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What happens
Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American noir crime tragedy film directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and Yvonne De Carlo. This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period, together with Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Out of the Past (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.