Brute Force
Approved
01 hours 38 minutes
- Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Hume Cronyn
- Jules Dassin
- Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
- August 1, 1947
- English
- 7.5
Synopsis
At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of turning into a bloodbath.

