

Force of Evil
DirectorAbraham Polonsky
“Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!”
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.
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Force of Evil (1948) Trailer
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

Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)

Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
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