Force of Evil

“Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!”

6.6(134)19501h 19m

CrimeDrama

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.

Director

Abraham Polonsky

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Cast

John Garfield

Joe Morse

Thomas Gomez

Leo Morse

Marie Windsor

Edna Tucker

Howland Chamberlain

Freddie Bauer

Roy Roberts

Ben Tucker

Paul Fix

Bill Ficco

Stanley Prager

Wally

Barry Kelley

Detective Egan

Paul McVey

Hobe Wheelock

Beatrice Pearson

Doris Lowry

Arthur O'Connell

Link Hall (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

12y ago

8.0

Black sheep like to make everybody else look black. Force of Evil is directed by Abraham Polonsky, who also adapts the screenplay from the Ira Wolfert novel Tucker's People. It stars John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Howard Chamberlain and Roy Roberts. Music is by David Raksin and cinematography by George Barnes. Plot finds Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse, who works fo...