Force of Evil
Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!
Overview
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
- Revenue
- $1,165,000
- Production
- Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Stanley Prager
Wally
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Secretary #4 (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Elevator operator
Jack Overman
Juice (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Johnson
Raymond Largay
Bunte (uncredited)
Beau Bridges
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Two and Two (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Abraham Polonsky
- Writers
- Ira Wolfert,Abraham Polonsky
- Producers
- Bob Roberts
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Composer
- David Raksin
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John Chard
March 11, 2014
Black sheep like to make everybody else look black. Force of Evil is directed by Abraham Polonsky, who also adapts the screenplay from the Ira Wolfert novel Tucker's People. It stars John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Howard Chamberlain and Roy Roberts. Music is by David Raksin and cinematography by George Barnes. Plot finds Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse, who works for powerful gangster Ben Tucker (Roberts). Tucker has a plan to control all of the numbers rackets in…