Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Brute Force
Brute Force

Brute Force

Power Packed Picture!

Genres

CrimeDramaThriller

OverView

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

7.288/10

Release Date

16 July 1947

Country

United States of America

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Joe Collins

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Capt. Munsey

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Gallagher

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Gina Ferrara

Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

Ruth

Ella Raines

Ella Raines

Cora Lister

Anita Colby

Anita Colby

Flossie

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Louie Miller #7033

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

'Freshman' Stack

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Spencer

Jack Overman

Jack Overman

Kid Coy

Roman Bohnen

Roman Bohnen

Warden A.J. Barnes

Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot

Calypso

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Muggsy

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Hodges (guard)

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

McCollum

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Ferrara

James Bell

James Bell

Crenshaw

Howard Duff

Howard Duff

Robert 'Soldier' Becker

Art Smith

Art Smith

Dr. Walters

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Tom Lister

James O'Rear

James O'Rear

Wilson

Paul Bryar

Paul Bryar

Harry (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Italian Father Visiting Prison (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Al Ferguson

Guard (uncredited)

Jack Gordon

Jack Gordon

Convict (uncredited)

John Harmon

John Harmon

Roberts (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Herbert Heywood

Chef (uncredited)

Tom Steele

Tom Steele

Tom - Tower Guard (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Ray Teal

Jackson - Guard (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Dale Van Sickel

Guard in Machine Shop (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Rudy Germane

Convict (uncredited)

Similar Movies

4.9

Terror at Midnight

April 1956 •English

A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.

6.1

The Underworld Story

July 1950 •English

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

5.5

Hell's Half Acre

June 1954 •English

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

5.1

Wicked Woman

December 1953 •English

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

6.9

No Man of Her Own

February 1950 •English

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

5.9

Born to Be Bad

September 1950 •English

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

6.4

Union Station

October 1950 •English

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

6.6

Caught

February 1949 •English

Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.

5.7

Julie

October 1956 •English

A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.

5.1

Behind the High Wall

July 1956 •English

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.

3.8

The Big Frame

September 1952 •English

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.

4.8

This Side of the Law

June 1950 •English

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersonate a wealthy man who went missing 7 years ago.

4.8

The System

April 1953 •English

A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.

5.3

Accomplice

September 1946 •English

A private detective and his assistant are hired to find a missing husband. The seemingly easy case is complicated by a dead body.

6.0

Beware, My Lovely

August 1952 •English

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.

5.8

Portland Exposé

August 1957 •English

The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.

6.3

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

August 1945 •English

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.

4.1

The Glass Alibi

April 1946 •English

Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.

5.4

Silent Scream

January 1990 •English

A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.

6.7

The Big House

June 1930 •English

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.