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Force of Evil (1950)

NR ★ 6.6/10 79 min Crime, Drama United States English
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Screenplay by: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert
Streaming: Not available
Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

Description

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

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Top Cast

John Garfield
John Garfield Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez Leo Morse
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain
Howland Chamberlain Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts
Roy Roberts Ben Tucker
Paul Fix
Paul Fix Bill Ficco
Stanley Prager
Stanley Prager Wally
Barry Kelley
Barry Kelley Detective Egan

Force of Evil Appears on 7 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #800
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #468
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #233
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #233
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #274

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #68

Filmmaker Curation

Martin Scorsese's List Of 50 Formative Films
LaCinetek #21

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