The escape sequence has the spatial intricacy of the heist in Dassin's Rififi, but the tone is tougher, bleaker, and more suspenseful.
Brute Force (1947)
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Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation... Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he's at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe's enemy, gets a tip-off and greets them in a machine-gun shoot out. [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby
Director: Jules Dassin
Director: Jules Dassin
Producer: Mark Hellinger
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
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Reviews for Brute Force
Bristling, biting dialog by Richard Brooks paints broad cameos as each character takes shape under existing prison life.
Producer Joan Harrison, who seems to have profited from a long association with Alfred Hitchcock, and Director Irving Pichel have created mounting suspense which comes to a distinctly surprising and explosive climax as the jury brings its verdict.
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