Force of Evil (1948)

Directed by

Abraham Polonsky

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 141 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt lawyer gets caught between his criminal boss and his brother. He tries to get his brother out of an illegal numbers racket.

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What happens

Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield and Beatrice Pearson and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People. Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead. In 1994, Force of Evil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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