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Released
1947 · FILM

Brute Force

A hardened prisoner plots a daring escape from a brutal warden's iron grip, risking everything to reclaim his freedom in a prison where hope is a dangerous weapon.

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Runtime
98 min
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Joe Collins, a long-term inmate, and his fellow prisoners endure the harsh rule of the sadistic and power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Collins clings to his dreams of escape as his only source of motivation, but the challenge remains how he can break free from Munsey's control.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Edward CurtissShot by William H DanielsScored by Miklos Rozsa

Also known as

  • Zelle R 17de
  • Zelle R17de
  • Fuerza brutaes
  • Les Démons de la libertéfr
  • Forza brutait

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