Brute Force
Jules Dassin
Synopsis
As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin’s forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collins’s dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey’s chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom.
Cast
Joe Collins
Burt Lancaster
Capt. Munsey
Hume Cronyn
Gallagher
Charles Bickford
Gina Ferrara
Yvonne de Carlo
Ruth
Ann Blyth
Cora Lister
Ella Raines
Flossie
Anita Colby
Robert ‘Soldier’ Becker
Howard Duff
As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin’s forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collins’s dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey’s chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom.
Cast
Joe Collins
Burt Lancaster
Capt. Munsey
Hume Cronyn
Gallagher
Charles Bickford
Gina Ferrara
Yvonne de Carlo
Ruth
Ann Blyth
Cora Lister
Ella Raines
Flossie
Anita Colby
Robert ‘Soldier’ Becker
Howard Duff
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