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Brute Force

Power Packed Picture!

1947 · 1h 38m

Directed by Jules Dassin

7.3

TMDB audience score
228 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Sir Lancelot
    Calypso

  • Vince Barnett
    Muggsy

  • Jay C. Flippen
    Hodges (guard)

  • Richard Gaines
    McCollum

  • Frank Puglia
    Ferrara

  • James Bell
    Crenshaw