Brute Force
“Power Packed Picture!”
1947 · 1 h 38 min
Jules DassinCast
Burt Lancaster 
Hume Cronyn 
Charles Bickford 
Yvonne De Carlo 
Ann Blyth 
Ella Raines
Credits
Written by: 
Richard Brooks
Plot
Inmates under a sadistic prison guard plot a violent escape.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jules Dassin's prison noir is tough and gripping, with Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (12,923 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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