Force of Evil (1948)
Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!
79 min
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.
- Release date
- August 24, 1950
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $1,165,000
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Cast
- John Garfield as Joe Morse
- Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
- Marie Windsor as Edna Tucker
- Howland Chamberlain as Freddie Bauer
- Roy Roberts as Ben Tucker
- Paul Fix as Bill Ficco
- Barry Kelley as Detective Egan
- Paul McVey as Hobe Wheelock
- Beatrice Pearson as Doris Lowry
- Arthur O'Connell as Link Hall (uncredited)
- Georgia Backus as Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
- Margaret Bert as Sorter (uncredited)
- Estelle Etterre as Secretary #4 (uncredited)
- Sherry Hall as Sorter (uncredited)
- Paul Frees as Elevator operator
- Jack Overman as Juice (uncredited)
- Tim Ryan as Johnson
- Raymond Largay as Bunte (uncredited)
- Beau Bridges as Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
- Sid Tomack as Two and Two (uncredited)
- Bert Hanlon as Cigar man (uncredited)
- Bill Neff as Law clerk (uncredited)
- Dick Gordon as Attorney (uncredited)
- Stanley Prager as Wally
Crew
- Abraham Polonsky · Director
- Abraham Polonsky · Writer
- Ira Wolfert · Writer
- Bob Roberts · Producer
- David Raksin · Composer
- George Barnes · Cinematographer
- Art Seid · Editor
- Jack Baur · Casting director