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
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
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)
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