Brute Force
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).
Release Date
August 1947
Running Time
98 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Starring
Burt Lancaster
Hume Cronyn
Charles Bickford
Credits
Director Jules Dassin
Screenplay Richard Brooks
Producer Mark Hellinger
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Editing Edward Curtiss
Music Miklós Rózsa
Distributor Universal Pictures
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