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Brute Force
Rated NR · 98 minutes · 1947
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Released from solitary confinement, prisoner Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) learns that his supportive wife, Ruth (Ann Blyth), is refusing surgery to treat her potentially deadly cancer, unless Joe can be by her side after the operation. But while Joe is plotting his escape with fellow prisoner Gallagher (Charles Bickford), a violent incident in the prison machine shop causes the entire prison to go into lockdown mode, overseen by the mean-spirited guard Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).
Director: Jules Dassin
Producer: Mark Hellinger and Jules Buck
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Roman Bohnen, John Hoyt, Richard Gaines, Frank Puglia, Jeff Corey, Vince Barnett, James Bell, Jack Overman and Whit Bissell
Producer: Mark Hellinger and Jules Buck
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Roman Bohnen, John Hoyt, Richard Gaines, Frank Puglia, Jeff Corey, Vince Barnett, James Bell, Jack Overman and Whit Bissell