Force of Evil
Ah, when a gangster's attorney falls in love... A long-forgotten film noir, with Garfield as a corrupt mob lawyer intent on running the small-time numbers-runners of the city out of business so his client can pick up the pieces. Not a good guy in the bunch, and his role was so damaging it almost ended Garfield's career. A thinly-veiled outright damnation of capitalism and its merger-heavy practices. Heavy-handed but quite intriguing and poetic.
Rating
3.5 out of 5 Stars
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- Producer: Bob Roberts
- Screenwriter: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert
- Stars: John Garfield, Sam Ash, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Georgia Backus, Howland Chamberlain, Larry J. Blake, Beau Bridges, Roy Roberts
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 1948
- Released on Video: 01/01/1980
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