Force of Evil (1950)

Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

Movie · Crime, Drama · 1h 19m · Rated 6.7/10 on TMDB · Released August 24, 1950

Overview

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.

Directed by Abraham Polonsky

Cast

• John Garfield as Joe Morse
• Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
• Marie Windsor as Edna Tucker
• Howland Chamberlain as Freddie Bauer
• Roy Roberts as Ben Tucker
• Paul Fix as Bill Ficco
• Stanley Prager as Wally
• Barry Kelley as Detective Egan
• Paul McVey as Hobe Wheelock
• Beatrice Pearson as Doris Lowry
• Arthur O'Connell as Link Hall (uncredited)
• Georgia Backus as Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

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