Force of Evil
7.2
“Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!”
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.
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Cast
27 people
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Known for
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Body and Soul
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Known for
Key Largo
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Known for
Salem's Lot
The Killing
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Known for
Kramer vs. Kramer
House by the River
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Known for
House of Wax
He Walked by Night
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zabriskie Point
Stanley Prager
Wally
Known for
A Foreign Affair
Gun Crazy
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Known for
The Asphalt Jungle
The Manchurian Candidate
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Known for
Shane
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Also in
Lost Boundaries
Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Known for
Anatomy of a Murder
Fantastic Voyage
Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited) / Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Known for
Citizen Kane
Abraham Polonsky Director · Ira Wolfert Screenplay George Barnes Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · United States release December 25, 1948 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,165,000
Production
Roberts Pictures Inc.
Production
Enterprise Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1948
Premiere · New York City, New York
Italy
August 24, 1950 · Theatrical
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