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25 December 1948 (USA)
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An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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A haunting, haunted film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| John Garfield | ... | Joe Morse | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Leo Morse | |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Edna Tucker | |
| Howland Chamberlain | ... | Freddie Bauer (as Howland Chamberlin) | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Ben Tucker | |
| Paul Fix | ... | Bill Ficco | |
| Stanley Prager | ... | Wally | |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Det. Egan | |
| Paul McVey | ... | Hobe Wheelock | |
| Beatrice Pearson | ... | Doris Lowry |
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Tucker's People (USA) (working title)
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78 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1994.
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Continuity: During a climactic montage set at an East Coast racetrack on the Fourth of July, people in the stock footage crowd scenes are dressed in winter garments nobody would wear in the middle of summer.
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Featured in The Rules of Film Noir (2009) (TV)
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String Quartet opus 131, no. 14: Ist Movement
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FORCE OF EVIL has remained hovering over me like a ghost all these years. I was studying at Manhattan's Grand Street Playhouse at the time, and the political climate that was beginning to engulf the public had started. Polonsky barely hid the real undercurrent of this remarkable film. When it finally hit the VHS bins, I was almost first on line. I agree with all of the positive remarks on this strong movie, that has all kinds of ghostly memories hovering over it. I did indeed develop a strong crush on Beatrice Pearson, who was an established Broadway actress. She later did quite a turnaround, and even more effective role in LOST BOUNDARIES with excellent work alongside Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas, Richard Hylton and Carleton Carpenter. From what I have read (if it is to be believed), she was difficult with a friend around offering advice at every turn. Pearson, after BOUNDARIES, returned to Broadway. Wherever she is now may be a mystery, but if she ever reads this, I hope she knows that this is one fan who still smiles at thoughts of her hair falling over the side of her face, her lovely smile, and the sight of her sitting atop a high hall mantle.