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Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up! - Force of Evil
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Title: Force of Evil

Release Date: 24 Aug 1950

Runtime: 1h 19m

Genre: Crime, Drama

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

Production Companies: Roberts Pictures Inc., Enterprise Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.568 (117 votes)

Cast

  • Joe Morse: John Garfield
  • Leo Morse: Thomas Gomez
  • Edna Tucker: Marie Windsor
  • Freddie Bauer: Howland Chamberlain
  • Ben Tucker: Roy Roberts
  • Bill Ficco: Paul Fix
  • Wally: Stanley Prager
  • Detective Egan: Barry Kelley
  • Hobe Wheelock: Paul McVey
  • Doris Lowry: Beatrice Pearson
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