Brute Force

1947 · directed by Jules Dassin

Rating

79/100

Hit

no

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?

Brute Force (1947), directed by Jules Dassin, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster
• Hume Cronyn
• Charles Bickford
• Yvonne De Carlo
• Ann Blyth
• Ella Raines
• Anita Colby
• Sam Levene
• Jeff Corey
• John Hoyt

Crew

• William H. Daniels — Director of Photography
• Edward Curtiss — Editor
• Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
• Richard Brooks — Screenplay

More from Jules Dassin

1. Rififi (1955) — 85/100 · hit
2. Thieves' Highway (1949) — 84/100 · hit
3. Night and the City (1950) — 80/100 · hit
4. Topkapi (1964) — 78/100
5. The Naked City (1948) — 76/100
6. Never on Sunday (1960) — 69/100

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