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Brute Force (DVD) 1947 – A Prisoner’s Story

Brute Force (1947) is a pondering, brutal movie, starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford and was directed by Jules Dassin.

The story is all about the prisoner, Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) who seeks help from other prisoners in order to escape from the jail, so that he can save his wife Ruth (Ann Blyth) — suffering from cancer and willing to undergo operation only at Joe’s presence. Joe tries to persuade Gallagher (Charles Bickford), the unofficial leader of the inmates and editor of the prison newspaper, to join him, but Gallagher thinks Joe’s plan won’t work. However, Joe does have the support of his cellmates — who wandered into a life of crime but thanks to love and good intentions.

As the frame moves to the machine shop, the prisoners plan to attack Wilson (James O’Rear) who is pushed into a compactor and killed. After instigating a prisoner suicide, the administration revokes prisoner privileges and cancels parole hearings. So Joe and Gallagher plan an assault on the tower where they can get access to the lever that lowers a bridge they have to cross to escape. Unfortunately, Standing in the way of the prison break is a sadistic prison Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn). Now the things go wrong, which leads the normal subdued prison yard into a violent and bloody riot.

In short, the movie reflects out the oppressive atmosphere of the prison, from the cavernous halls echoing with footsteps and sounding bars to the tiny, overcrowded cells to the abnormal courtyard hemmed in by guard towers can be felt in every small, confined frame. Did Joe make his escape successful and saved his wife? Or did the couple lost their life?

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