Brute Force (1947)
| Release Date | 30 June 1947 |
| Tagline | Mark Hellinger's POWER PACKED PICTURE! (re-release print ad - mostly caps) |
| Genre | Thriller, Film-Noir, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Prison Film, Film Noir, Crime Drama |
| Mood | Abandon All Hope, Tough Guys |
| Themes | Prison Life, Social Injustice, Fighting the System |
| Tones | Bleak, Gloomy, Harsh, Poignant, Visceral, Downbeat |
| Tags | Abuse, Corruption, Cruelty, Operation, Political Exile, Prison Escape, Prison Guard, Sadist, Suicide, Wheelchair |
Brute Force (1947) is a brooding, brutal film noir, starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford. It was directed by Jules Dassin, with a screenplay by Richard Brooks and the cinematography by William H. Daniels.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Jeff Corey
'Freshman' Stack
Jack Overman
Kid Coy
Roman Bohnen
Warden A.J. Barnes
Sir Lancelot
Calypso
Richard Gaines
McCollum
James Bell
Crenshaw
Art Smith
Dr. Walters
Guy Beach
Convict foreman
Ralph Brooks
Convict
Paul Bryar
Harry
Howland Chamberlain
Joe's lawyer
Eddy Chandler
Chappie, Motor Pool Guard in Garage
Gino Corrado
Italian father
William Cozzo
Prisoner
Rex Dale
Prisoner
Virginia Farmer
Sadie
Al Ferguson
Guard
Alex Frazer
Chaplain
Chuck Hamilton
Prison Guard
John Harmon
Roberts
Herbert Heywood
Chef
Al Hill
Convict in chow line
Lee Kendall
Shorty
Jack S. Lee
Sergeant
Hal Malone
Young inmate
Frank Marlowe
Prisoner
Don McGill
Max
Larry McGrath
Convict in chow line
Howard M. Mitchell
Guard
William H. O'Brien
Convict
Blanche Obronska
Young girl
Frank O'Connor
Prison Guard
James O'Rear
Wilson
Charles Perry
Prisoner in Yard
Carl Rhodes
Strella
Sam Rizhallah
Convict son
Wally Rose
Peary
Jerry Salvail
Guard
Ruth Sanderson
Miss Lawrence
Tom Steele
Tom
Ray Teal
Jackson, Munsey's Guard
Kippee Valez
Visitor
Dale Van Sickel
Guard in machine shop
Peter Virgo
Guard
Billy Wayne
Prisoner
Crane Whitley
Armed guard in drainpipe
Harry Wilson
Tyrone, Prisoner in Yard
Bud Wolfe
Guard in machine shop
Director
Writer
Robert Patterson
Producer
Jules Buck
associate producer
Original Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematographer
Editor
Edward Curtiss
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Art Director
John DeCuir
Bernard Herzbrun
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Set Decorator
Russell A. Gausman
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Charles Wyrick
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Costume Designer
Rosemary Odell
Makeup Department
Carmen Dirigo
hair stylist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank
assistant director
Art Department
John Decker
portrait painter
Sound Department
Charles Felstead
sound
Robert Pritchard
sound
Special Effects
David S. Horsley
special photography
Music Department
Eugene Zador
orchestrator
Other Crew
Jacques Gordon
technical advisor
Harry B. Friedman
publicist
Production Company
Mark Hellinger Productions
Universal International Pictures (UI)
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
General Film Distributors (GFD)
Distributors Corporation of America Inc. (DCA)
Image Entertainment
Criterion Collection, The
Kino Video
Roan Group, The
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
The films of Jules Dassin
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
A Dream of Passion (1978)
A Letter for Evie (1946)
Brute Force
Circle of Two (1980)
He Who Must Die (1957)
Nazi Agent (1942)
Never on Sunday (1960)
Night and the City (1950)
Phaedra (1962)
Promise at Dawn (1970)
Reunion in France (1942)
Rififi (1955)
Survival 1967 (1968)
The Affairs of Martha (1942)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
The Law (1959)
The Naked City (1948)
The Rehearsal (1974)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Topkapi (1964)
Two Smart People (1946)
Up Tight! (1968)
Young Ideas (1943)
