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- 1949
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 19 m
- 1949
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 19 m
Summary An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
Directed By: Abraham Polonsky
Written By: Ira Wolfert, Abraham Polonsky
- 1949
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 19 m
- 1949
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 19 m
Force of Evil
89
8.4
Summary An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
Directed By: Abraham Polonsky
Written By: Ira Wolfert, Abraham Polonsky
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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90% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
89
90% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Pearson's scenes with Garfield are among the most supercharged ever. [28 May 2004, p.6E]
A shining example of everything Hollywood falling into place, and a masterpiece of cinema.
At its best, Force achieves a style at once brutal and poetic, documentarian and noir.
A dynamic crime-and-punishment drama, brilliantly and broadly realized.
Garfield’s likably unlikable protagonist provides Force of Evil with a semblance of cohesiveness, even if the film often feels like the product of dueling fetishes and pet symbols.
Force of Evil fails to develop the excitement hinted at in the title. Makers apparently couldn't decide on the best way to present an expose of the numbers racket, winding up with neither fish nor fowl as far as hard-hitting racketeer meller is concerned. A poetic, almost allegorical, interpretation keeps intruding on the tougher elements of the plot. This factor adds no distinction and only makes the going tougher.
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Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
