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Brute Force (1947) is a thoughtful, brutal film with Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and was directed by Jules Dassin.

The story revolves around prisoner, tried, Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster), the help of other prisoners to escape from prison so that he save his wife, Ruth (Ann Blyth) – suffering from cancer and are willing, subject to intervention only for the presence of Joe. Joe tries to Gallagher (Charles Bickford), the unofficial leader of the prisoners and editor of the prison newspaper, to persuade them to join him, but Gallagher thinks Joe’s plan will not work. However, support mate Joe cell – that love into a life of crime, but thanks to roam and have good intentions.

As the frame moves the camera to make purchases, the plan of prisoners Wilson (James O’Rear), which is pushed into a compactor and killed attack. After instigating the suicide of a prisoner, revoke the privileges of prisoner management and cancels hearings words. Said Joe Gallagher and plan an attack on the tower, where you can access the lever to cross the bridge, reducing the flight to get. Unfortunately, standing in the way of Prison Break is a sadistic prison Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn). Now things go wrong leading to the prison yard covered in a normal violent and bloody uprising.

In short, the film reflects the oppressive atmosphere of the prison, cavernous halls echo with footsteps and sound bars, in order to limit the small, overcrowded cells, the Court abnormal watchtowers in any small, thin frame felt . Joe has made a successful escape and save his wife? Or the couple was killed?