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Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People. Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead.
Force of Evil: Directed by Abraham Polonsky. With John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor. An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Abraham Polonsky
- 1949-03
A relentlessly grim and mesmerizing film noir, Force of Evil (1948) presents a world thoroughly steeped in corruption. Director Martin Scorsese has called the film a seminal influence on his own gangster dramas (Mean Streets, 1973, Goodfellas, 1990).
- Abraham Polonsky, Robert Aldrich, Don Weis
- John Garfield
Aug 30, 2021 · Force of Evil is a 1948 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Abraham Polonsky, who was previously known as a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947). Like Body and Soul, the film starred John Garfield.
- 79 min
Oct 15, 2022 · The film focuses on an ambitious young lawyer, Joe Morse, in an extraordinary performance by Garfield. From a poor background, Morse has risen to Wall Street where he represents a gangster who seeks to corner the city's numbers racket.
- 78 min
- 4.1K
- johninyonkers
In New York City, unscrupulous lawyer Joe Morse (John Garfield), has the opportunity to make it big by teaming up with cutthroat gangster Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts) to consolidate the numbers...
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- Crime, Drama
Joe Morse is a lawyer who crosses the line with his gangster client, Ben Tucker. Together, they've got a scheme to shut down all the illegal numbers banks in the city, and buy up the ones they want. Joe has an older brother, Leo, a man with heart trouble; and also runs an illegal numbers bank.
