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Brute Force (1947)
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At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard. Director:Jules Dassin |
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Joe Collins
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| Hume Cronyn | ... |
Capt. Munsey
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Charles Bickford | ... |
Gallagher
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Gina Ferrara
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| Ann Blyth | ... |
Ruth
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Cora Lister
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Anita Colby | ... |
Flossie
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Sam Levene | ... |
Louie Miller #7033
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Jeff Corey | ... |
'Freshman' Stack
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John Hoyt | ... |
Spencer
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Jack Overman | ... |
Kid Coy
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Roman Bohnen | ... |
Warden A.J. Barnes
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Sir Lancelot | ... |
Calypso
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Vince Barnett | ... |
Muggsy
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Jay C. Flippen | ... |
Hodges (guard)
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At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of turning into a bloodbath. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Mark Hellinger's POWER PACKED PICTURE! (re-release print ad - mostly caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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Joe Collins: I don't care about everybody else.
Gallagher: That's cemetery talk.
Joe Collins: Why not, we're buried, ain't we? Only thing is, we ain't dead.
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Former Warner Bros. producer Mark Hellinger, who had started his own independent production unit at Universal-International, wanted Wayne Morris to star in his first picture, The Killers. Warners wouldn't loan Morris out, so Hellinger cast Burt Lancaster, who had made his motion picture debut in "The Killers". See more »Goofs
Continuity: During a scene in the cell, Jeff Corey's character is washing his hair. His hair alternates between lathered and not lathered. See more »Quotes
Gallagher: It'll only make things tougher for everybody else.Joe Collins: I don't care about everybody else.
Gallagher: That's cemetery talk.
Joe Collins: Why not, we're buried, ain't we? Only thing is, we ain't dead.
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