Brute force [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; a film by Jules Dassin.
Record details
- 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. |
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Genre: | Prison films. Film noir. Feature films. |
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