Brute Force (1947 film)

Brute Force is a 1947 brooding, brutal drama movie considered film noir. This prison movie directed by Jules Dassin was shot in black and white and is unusual for level of violence it depicted at the time. The direct inspiration for the unremitting desperate violence was the recent "Battle of Alcatraz" (May 2-4 1946) where prisoners trapped in a hopeless mutiny opted to die rather than surrender. Jules Dassin was an innovative film noir director and between 1947-1950 he directed many harsh and visually innovative noirs including Thieves' Highway, Night and the City, and The Naked City-- movies that captured the cynicism and malaise of an America whose foundations had been rocked by World War II. Dialogue by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks (who directed In Cold Blood) and photographed by William H. Daniels.
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