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Force of Evil
Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield and Beatrice Pearson and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People. Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead.
Plot
Joe Morse is a lawyer working with powerful gangster Ben Tucker. Tucker plans to consolidate and gain control over the numbers racket in New York City. He plans to rig the winning number to 776, a number popularly played on the Fourth of July (a reference to 1776 and the Revolutionary War) - when the number hits, the ‘banks’ that run the racket will go broke, allowing Tucker to take over.
More details
| author | Abraham Polonsky |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Abraham Polonsky |
| editor | Art Seid |
| events | gambling |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | 1776 american revolutionary war drink estranged brother fourth of july independence day kill meet new job numbers game numbers racket plan police informant revolutionary war run set up talk win |
| musicBy | David Raksin |
| producer | Bob Roberts |
| productionCompany | Enterprise Productions |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Fort Lee New York City |
| theme | film noir |