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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Force of evil / Olive Films ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Enterprise Studios present ; the Roberts production ; screenplay by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert ; produced by Bob Roberts ; directed by Abraham Polonsky.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Melange Pictures, [1949]

[United States] : Paramount Pictures, [2012]

Description:

1 videodisc (78 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

A lawyer whose connection to a ruthless racketeer has nearly destroyed his sense of morality. His participation in a rigged numbers racket could prove disastrous for his high-strung brother whose small-time policy bank stands to go broke when the rigged numbers pay off.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA Rating: not rated.

Subjects:

Wolfert, Ira, 1908-1997 -- Film adaptations.

Brothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Racketeering -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Lotteries -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Film noir.

Other Author:

Roberts, Bob, 1907-1995, film producer.

Polonsky, Abraham, screenwriter, film director.

Wolfert, Ira, 1908-1997, screenwriter.

Garfield, John, actor.

Gomez, Thomas, 1905-1971, actor.

Windsor, Marie, actor.

Chamberlain, Howland, 1911-1984, actor.

Roberts, Roy, 1906-1975, actor.

Fix, Paul, 1901-1983, actor.

Prager, Stanley, 1917-1972, actor.

Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991, actor.

McVey, Paul, 1898-1973, actor.

Pearson, Beatrice, 1920-1986, actor.

Raksin, David, composer (expression)

Barnes, George, 1892-1953, director of photography.

Day, Richard, 1894-1972, art director.

Seid, Arthur, film editor.

Polk, Rudolph, musical director.

Boyle, Edward G., set decorator.

Scorsese, Martin, commentator.

Wolfert, Ira, 1908-1997. Tucker's people.

Olive Films, production company.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.

Enterprise Studios, production company.

Republic Pictures Corporation, production company.

Melange Pictures (Firm)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, film distributor.

Notes:

Based upon the novel "Tucker's people" by Ira Wolfert.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

Special feature: Martin Scorsese movie classics introduction of Force of evil (presented by Republic Pictures ; 3 min).

Music by David Raksin ; director of photography, George Barnes ; art director, Richard Day ; film editor, Arthur Seid ; musical director, Rudolph Polk ; set decoration, Edward G. Boyle.

John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlin, Roy Roberts, Paul Fix, Stanley Prager, Barry Kelley, Paul McVey, Beatrice Pearson.

DVD format ; NTSC, region 1.

In English.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress.

Contents:

Special feature: Martin Scorsese Movie Classics introduction of Force of Evil.

ISBN:

9786314717636 : DVD

6314717639 : DVD

Publisher Number:

OF453

Other Number: