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A racketeer's lawyer discovers that his boss has killed the lawyer's brother. An involved, atmospheric melodrama about the numbers racket moodily photographed in New York. (Does not circulate), A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. , A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. , A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. , A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war.
The drama tells of a lawyer working for a powerful gangster, who wishes to consolidate and control the numbers racket in New York. The plot which unfolds is a terse, melodramatic thriller notable for realist location photography, almost poetic dialogue and frequent biblical allusions.
The drama tells of a lawyer working for a powerful gangster, who wishes to consolidate and control the numbers racket in New York. The plot which unfolds is a terse, melodramatic thriller notable for realist location photography, almost poetic dialogue and frequent biblical allusions.
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31Jan49 M3762, renewed 22Jun76 R635567 Renewal claimant: National Telefilm Associates, Inc Original author: Roberts Production, Inc Registered 13Mar77 · LP49529 (Jul-Dec 1977) Copyright holder: Q.M. Productions
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A racketeer's lawyer discovers that his boss has killed the lawyer's brother. An involved, atmospheric melodrama about the numbers racket moodily photographed in New York. (Does not circulate)
, FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
, FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762., FORCE OF EVIL. Roberts Production, Inc., c1949. An MGM and Enterprise Studios presentation. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Tucker's People" by Ira Wolfert. Summary: A melodrama about some numbers racketeers who take part in a gang war. Credits: Producer, Bob Roberts; director, Abraham Polonsky; screenplay, Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; music, David Raksin; film editor, Arthur Seid. Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windson, Howland Chamberlin. © Roberts Production, Inc.; 31Jan49 (in notice: 1948); MP3762.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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