Brute Force is a 1947 brooding, brutal drama movie considered film noir. This prison movie directed by Jules Dassin was shot in black and white. Dialogue by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks (who also wrote In Cold Blood). Photographed by William H. Daniels. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film noir is a stylistic approach to genre films forged in depression-era detective and gangster movies and hard-boiled detective stories which were a staple of pulp fiction. ... Jules Dassin (born December 18, 1911, in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American film director. ... This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White. ... Richard Brooks (born Ruben Sax, May 18, 1912; died March 11, 1992) was a Hollywood film writer, director, and (occasionally) producer. ... In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences is a book by Truman Capote, detailing the 1959 murder of Herb Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Kansas; his wife, Bonnie; sixteen-year-old daughter, Nancy; and fifteen-year-old son, Kenyon, and the aftermath (ISBN 0679745580). ...

Plot

A group of Westgate Prison inmates, lead by Lancaster, plan on escaping. While the plan is taking shape, the cons in cell R17 each tell a story, via flashback, about how being in love somehow got them all in trouble with the law. Standing in the way of the prison break is a sadistic prison guard (a surprisingly vicious Cronyn). When the break goes bad the normally subdued prison yard turns into a violent and bloody riot.

Main Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins
• Hume Cronyn as Capt. Munsey
• Charles Bickford as Gallagher
• Yvonne De Carlo as Gina Ferrara
• Ann Blyth as Ruth
• Ella Raines as Cora Lister
• Anita Colby as Flossie
• Sam Levene as Louie Miller #7033

Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 _ October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Hume Blake Cronyn (July 18, 1911 - June 15, 2003) was a stage and film actor. ... Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891 - November 9, 1967) was an American actor, who was born in United States and appearing the productions. ... Yvonne De Carlo (born September 1, 1922) is a Canadian film and television actress. ... Blyth with costar Farley Granger - Our Very Own (1950) Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American actress and singer, most often cast in Hollywood musicals, but who also succeeded in the dramatic roles she was given. ... Ella Raines promotional photo Ella Raines (August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988) was an American actress. ... Levene in The Killers Russian-born Sam Levene (August 28, 1905 - December 28, 1980) was a Broadway and movie actor. ...

Quote

• • Those gates only open three times. When you come in, when you've served your time, or when you're dead!