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Brute force [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; a film by Jules Dassin.

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  • ISBN: 1934121304
  • ISBN: 9781934121306
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Full screen ed.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Criterion, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Special features: audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; interview with Paul Mason, editor of Captured by the media: prison discourse in popular culture; theatrical trailer; stills gallery; essay by film critic Michael Atkinson.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Jules Dassin ; producer, Mark Hellinger ; music, Miklos Rozsa ; cinematography, William Daniels ; screenplay, Richard Brooks ; story, Robert Patterson ; editor, Edward Curtiss.
Participant or Performer Note:
Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Whit Bissell, Sam Levene, Jeff Corey, John Hoyt, Jack Overman, Roman Bohnen.
Summary, etc.:
Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
System Details Note:
DVD, Dolby Digital Mono.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Genre: Prison films.
Film noir.
Feature films.

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