Force of Evil (1948)

Country: US
Technical: bw 78m
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor

Synopsis:

A shady lawyer tries to convince his elder brother to leave the smalltime numbers racket and come in with his scheme to consolidate.

Review:

Polonsky's brilliant, pithy, hard-talking crime drama was sadly one of too few films he left us, shot on location in NYC.