Force of Evil

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crime drama film film film noir

Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Abraham Polonsky and starring John Garfield, that explores corruption and moral conflict within New York’s numbers racket.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Ira Wolfert ⓘ
basedOn	Tucker’s People ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinematographyBy	George Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy	Arthur Seid NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	classic Hollywood ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ film noir ⓘ
hasFilmRating	United States: Passed by Production Code Administration ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_of_Evil ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	John Garfield ⓘ
leadActorCharacterName	Joe Morse ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation	lawyer ⓘ
mainTheme	corruption ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ
musicBy	David Raksin ⓘ
notableFor	critique of capitalism ⓘ expressionistic cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotFocus	New York numbers racket ⓘ
producer	Bob Roberts ⓘ
productionCompany	Enterprise Productions ⓘ
recognizedAs	classic film noir ⓘ
releaseDate	December 25, 1948 ⓘ
releaseYear	1948 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	78 ⓘ
screenwriter	Abraham Polonsky ⓘ Ira Wolfert ⓘ
settingLocation	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Beatrice Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Howland Chamberlain ⓘ John Garfield ⓘ Marie Windsor ⓘ Paul Fix ⓘ Roy Roberts ⓘ Stanley Prager NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Gomez ⓘ

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