6.4
“Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!”
Force of Evil (1950)
August 24, 19501h 19mEN
6.6
136 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Abraham PolonskyWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Roberts Pictures Inc.Enterprise Productions
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User Reviews
John Chard
8.0Black sheep like to make everybody else look black. Force of Evil is directed by Abraham Polonsky, who also adapts the screenplay from the Ira Wolfert novel Tucker's People. It stars John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Howard Chamberlain and Roy Roberts. Music is by David Raksin and cinematography by George Barnes. Plot finds Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse, who works for powerful gangster Ben Tucker (Roberts). Tucker has a plan to control all of the numbers rackets in New York, something that with the fix on the numbers up and coming for the 4th July, will see all o…
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