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At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

Director: Jules Dassin
Writer: Richard Brooks, Robert Patterson
Production: Universal International Pictures, Mark Hellinger Productions
Genre: crime, drama, film-noir
Year: 1947
MetaScore: 80/100
ImdbRating: 7.6
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 01 Aug 1947
Awards: N/A

30 Clips & Quotes

I know this drum's full of crackpots - Brute Force 01:14
I know this drum's full of crackpots
Shopping or buying - Brute Force 00:15
Shopping or buying
You don't believe I meant what I said about resigning - Brute Force 00:24
You don't believe I meant what I said about resigning
Now you know what happened to Rin Tin Tin - Brute Force 00:19
Now you know what happened to Rin Tin Tin
But you know how the breaks go - Brute Force 00:17
But you know how the breaks go
What's the answer to it - Brute Force 02:13
What's the answer to it
I was once married to a dame like that - Brute Force 00:12
I was once married to a dame like that
What are you talkin' about - Brute Force 00:29
What are you talkin' about
The way I got it figured out - Brute Force 00:44
The way I got it figured out
Sounds like a very important meeting you're going to this morning - Brute Force 01:43
Sounds like a very important meeting you're going to this...
About the stool pigeon - Brute Force 00:26
About the stool pigeon
It's the most beautiful thing in the whole world - Brute Force 02:02
It's the most beautiful thing in the whole world
Not in this jungle - Brute Force 00:21
Not in this jungle
It'll only make things tougher for everybody else - Brute Force 00:33
It'll only make things tougher for everybody else
I wonder who Flossie's fleecing now - Brute Force 00:18
I wonder who Flossie's fleecing now
Your old friend Joe was in the hole - Brute Force 00:42
Your old friend Joe was in the hole
Driving along with such a dream doll beside me - Brute Force 00:42
Driving along with such a dream doll beside me
If I weren't so sick - Brute Force 00:28
If I weren't so sick
I don't believe in coincidence - Brute Force 00:22
I don't believe in coincidence
This is one rap they can't hang on you - Brute Force 00:29
This is one rap they can't hang on you
Important thing - Brute Force 00:28
Important thing
No guarantees go with this break - Brute Force 00:37
No guarantees go with this break
But it's not as easy as all that - Brute Force 07:36
But it's not as easy as all that
Those gates only open three times - Brute Force 00:31
Those gates only open three times
There's a meeting this morning - Brute Force 00:26
There's a meeting this morning
I was just thinking - Brute Force 00:25
I was just thinking
Nobody ever really escapes - Brute Force 00:07
Nobody ever really escapes
Not imagination - Brute Force 00:23
Not imagination
She wanted all the money I'd won - Brute Force 00:28
She wanted all the money I'd won
That's why you'd never resign from this prison - Brute Force 00:32
That's why you'd never resign from this prison

Cast

Joe Collins - Burt Lancaster
Capt. Munsey - Hume Cronyn
Gallagher - Charles Bickford
Gina Ferrara - Yvonne De Carlo
Ruth - Ann Blyth
Cora Lister - Ella Raines
Flossie - Anita Colby
Louie Miller - Sam Levene
'Freshman' Stack - Jeff Corey
Spencer - John Hoyt
Kid Coy - Jack Overman
Warden A.J. Barnes - Roman Bohnen
'Calypso' James - Sir Lancelot
Muggsy - Convict in Kitchen - Vince Barnett
Hodges - Guard - Jay C. Flippen
McCallum - Richard Gaines
Signore Ferrara - Frank Puglia
Crenshaw - Convict in Print Shop - James Bell
Robert 'Soldier' Becker - Howard Duff
Dr. Walters - Art Smith
Tom Lister - Whit Bissell
Convict - Al Bain
Jack - Bobby Barber
Convict Foreman - Guy Beach
Convict - Phil Bloom
Convict in Yard - Chet Brandenburg
Convict - Ralph Brooks
Harry - Paul Bryar
Joe's Lawyer - Howland Chamberlain
Chappie - Guard in Auto Shop - Eddy Chandler
Bradley - Tower Guard - Edmund Cobb
Italian Father Visiting Prison - Gino Corrado
Convict - William Cozzo
Convict - Rex Dale
Convict - Jimmy Dime
Sadie - Ruth's Nurse - Virginia Farmer
Guard - Al Ferguson
Chaplain - Alex Frazer
Convict - Rudy Germane
Convict - Jack Gordon
Guard - Chuck Hamilton
Roberts - John Harmon
Chef - Herbert Heywood
Convict in Chow Line - Al Hill
Shorty - Lee Kendall
Convict - Richard LaMarr
Guard - Walter Lawrence
Hearse Driver - Rex Lease
Sergeant - Jack S. Lee
Convict in Chow Line - Will Lee
Convict in Yard - Jack Lomas
Cell Check Guard - Kenneth MacDonald
Young Convict - Hal Malone
Convict - Frank Marlowe
Convict - Mathew McCue
Pat Regan - Francis McDonald
Max - Don McGill
Convict in Chow Line - Larry McGrath
Andy - Convict in Auto Shop - Charles McGraw
Convict - Robert Milasch
Guard - Howard M. Mitchell
Convict - Joseph C. Narcisse
Convict - William H. O'Brien
Guard - Frank O'Connor
Wilson - James O'Rear
Young Girl Visiting Prison - Blanche Obronska
Bronski - Kenneth Patterson
Convict - Jack Perrin
Convict - Charles Perry
Convict in Yard - Jack Perry
Strella - Carl Rhodes
Convict Son - Sam Rizhallah
Guard - Robert Robinson
Peary - Wally Rose
Hoffman - Gene Roth
Guard - John Roy
Guard - Jerry Salvail
Miss Lawrence - Warden's Secretary - Ruth Sanderson
Convict - Carl Sklover
Convict - Cap Somers
Tom - Tower Guard - Tom Steele
Tompkins - Glenn Strange
Jackson - Guard - Ray Teal
Prison Visitor - Kippee Valez
Guard in Machine Shop - Dale Van Sickel
Guard - Peter Virgo
Convict - Billy Wayne
Armed Guard in Drainpipe - Crane Whitley
Tyrone - Harry Wilson
Guard in Machine Shop - Bud Wolfe