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Force of Evil(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-08-24
65%
127 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Roberts Pictures Inc.
Enterprise Productions
Movie: Force of Evil
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Stanley Prager
Wally
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
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