Review of Brute Force (1947) by Emanuel Levy for EmanuelLevy.Com — 30 Mar 2009
Starring Burt Lancaster and cast against type Hume Cronyn, Dassin's first foray into noir is one of the bleakest and most powerful crime prison melodramas ever made, an existential chronicle that also serves as an allegory of American society at large.
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This review of Brute Force (1947) was written by Emanuel Levy and published by EmanuelLevy.Com on 30 Mar 2009.
Brute Force has generally received very positive reviews.
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