Force of Evil

Force of Evil

Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!

1950•1h 19m•6.6/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(145)

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.

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Production

Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

John Garfield

John Garfield

Joe Morse

Thomas Gomez

Thomas Gomez

Leo Morse

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Edna Tucker

Howland Chamberlain

Howland Chamberlain

Freddie Bauer

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Ben Tucker

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Bill Ficco

Stanley Prager

Stanley Prager

Wally

Barry Kelley

Barry Kelley

Detective Egan

Paul McVey

Paul McVey

Hobe Wheelock

Beatrice Pearson

Beatrice Pearson

Doris Lowry

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Link Hall (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Georgia Backus

Sylvia Morse (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

Sorter (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Estelle Etterre

Secretary #4 (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Sorter (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Paul Frees

Elevator operator

Jack Overman

Jack Overman

Juice (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Johnson

Barbara Wooddell

Mary (uncredited)

Raymond Largay

Raymond Largay

Bunte (uncredited)

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