Brute Force

Brute Force

  • Director: Jules Dassin
  • Writer: Richard Brooks,Robert Patterson
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 1947
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Gruba sila
  • Brute Force is a crime film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn .
    The film tells the story of the overcrowded Westgate Prison, a group of prisoners' escape plan.

    Details

    • Release date August 1947
    • Filming locations Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies Mark Hellinger Productions

    Movie reviews

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    • By Declan 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      A Brief Analysis of Prison Break Ancestor Movies

      "I'm not satisfied with all of my work. The only one I really like is 'He Must Die', but I'd like to remake it if possible." When he likes it, there is no mention of "Fight of Men", nor "Blood on the Tiger's Head Gate", the former is the most glorious work of his career, which won him the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955, And was called "the best noir film I've ever seen" by François Truffaut, the latter is his famous work, which made him famous. There...

    • By Wilbert 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      quiet art

      The discussion about the girlfriend was very interesting, and the time was so short to get out of prison. After opening the door, there was a shadow hanging on the wall. There is such a feeling that after the intense rhythm, the narrative is calm but unpleasant, and then the mountains and rains are about to come and the wind is full of wind. "This door is only opened three times, come in, serve the sentence, and die." The prison guard listening to Wagner whipping the prisoner is probably the...

    • By Lon 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      The meaning of Hutoumen in the translation name

      In ancient Chinese prisons, prisoners sentenced to death had their own separate death row. There was usually a tiger's head painted on the wall of the cell door. Some people say that the tiger head on the top of the prison door is not a tiger, but a divine beast (bì àn) representing fairness and justice. In any case, Hutoumen later became a reference to death row, presumably the translator expanded its scope to refer to the prison, or simply implied that the entire R17 cell could not escape...

    • By Jeffery 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      "Blood Splattered Tiger's Head Gate"

      There are a lot of prison movies, even before this one. But I was surprised that the main creator of this film created "The City That Never Sleeps" a year later (a brief review of "The City That Never Sleeps").

      While both films are about justice, "The City That Never Sleeps" is about law enforcement officers catching criminals, and "Blood on a Tiger's Head" is about punishing criminals. The former has obvious imprints of realism and tends to tell the system directly; the latter is...

    • By Bernhard 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      BLACK CLASSIC: BRUTE FORCE

      The director Jules Dessin, who directed the film, was born in a Russian-Jewish family. In 1940, he entered Hollywood to participate in the shooting of Hitchcock [Smith and his wife] at the invitation of RKO (RKO Films). But unfortunately, he and Hitchcock had a lot of conflict, and was fired from RKO after six months. So Jules Dessin was like a baby abandoned in the wilderness by Hollywood and began to scrape by.

             For the next few years, Jules Dessin worked for Michael In 1947,...

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    • By Jane 2023-09-22 16:56:24

      It may have been a masterpiece at the time, but it was clearly not the type that could stand the test of time, and it seems too deliberate now. Political metaphors make prisons, prison guards, and prisoners become symbols, lacking realism; as Film-Noir, apart from a less interesting ending, it is not dark enough. The lines are quite...

    • By Eliza 2023-08-22 15:41:01

      Classics are a habit, not an innate...

    • By Erika 2023-08-19 17:13:58

      The climax is spectacular, and the background flashbacks are also great with actress posters, where each woman represents a desire that every man can't...

    • By Zula 2023-08-19 01:57:41

      The originator of the prison break movie is so cold and depressing to the end. The group portraits in the R17 cell are full and three-dimensional due to the introduction of women's portraits. The villain prison guard, the cowardly warden, the enlightened doctor, and the old black who can't stop singing are also unforgettable. Such a classic group drama is worth returning. Five stars. The political metaphor is obvious, the ending is tragic and tragic, and the last scene, the face behind the iron...

    • By Marcel 2023-07-30 04:33:48

      The last twenty minutes were great, and the group portraits in front were particularly long. Dassin has always had this problem. Except, of course, the fights of the...

    Movie plot

    Violence and fear are the norm at overcrowded Westgate Prison, the warden has less power than the guards and lead inmates, and the least satisfied inmate is the tough, single-minded Joe Collins. On top of that, Joe hates Guard Captain Muncy, a petty dictator who prides himself on absolute power. After one too many breaches, Joe and his fellow inmates are placed on horrific drains; this prompts an escape plan that threatens to turn into...
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    Movie quotes

    • Miss Lawrence - Warden's Secretary: Dr. Walters: There's a meeting this morning. You'd better get straightened out.

      Dr. Walters: The same to you.

    • Spencer: She wanted all the money I'd won, and I never refuse a lady. Especially when she's armed.

    • Spencer: I wonder who Flossie's fleecing now?