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Brute Force

Synopsis:

Burt Lancaster had one of his first starring roles in this hard-hitting prison drama. Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn) is a cruel, corrupt prison guard who has his own less-than-ethical ways of dealing with inmates, enough so that Joe Collins (Lancaster) -- the toughest inmate in the cell block -- has decided to break out. Collins tries to persuade Gallagher (Charles Bickford), the unofficial leader of the inmates and editor of the prison newspaper, to join him, but Gallagher thinks Collins' plan won't work.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Jules Dassin
  • Studio: Warner Brothers
  • Year: 1947
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: B&W