Brute Force (1947)
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Director: Jules Dassin · Writers: Richard Brooks, Robert Patterson
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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Director
Jules Dassin
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Joe Collins 
Hume Cronyn
Capt. Munsey 
Charles Bickford
Gallagher 
Yvonne De Carlo
Gina Ferrara 
Ann Blyth
Ruth 
Ella Raines
Cora Lister 
Anita Colby
Flossie 
Sam Levene
Louie Miller #7033 
Jeff Corey
'Freshman' Stack 
John Hoyt
Spencer 
Jack Overman
Kid Coy 
Roman Bohnen
Warden A.J. Barnes User Reviews (1)
Prison Noir! This is Westgate Penitentiary, the Warden is a weak man, the prison is practically run by the cruel and highly ambitious Captain Munsey. But the prisoners are no walk overs, they deal their own justice to those that don't tow the line, tired and fed up of mistreatment, and fuelled by the Munsey influenced suicide of a popular inmate, the prisoners, led by big Joe Collins, plot a break out, the fear of failure not even an option. Brute Force is a cracking moody picture directed with innovation by Jules Dassin and starring Burt Lancaster (brilliant as Joe Collins), Hume Cronyn (Munsey), Charles Bickford (Gallagher) and lady support (shown in excellent flashbacks) from Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines and Anita Colby. We open in the pouring rain at the monolithic gates of Westgate Penitentiary, Dassin's camera looking up at the gate like some foreboding warning, Wi…
