---
title: 'Brute Force (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jules Dassin'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brute-force-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039224/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Brute Force (1947)

1947 · 98 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Brute Force is a 1947 American noir crime tragedy film directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and Yvonne De Carlo. This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period, together with Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Mark Hellinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-hellinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)
- **Editor:** [Edward Curtiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-curtiss)

## Cast

- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Anita Colby](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-colby)
- [Ella Raines](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-raines)
- [Howard Duff](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-duff)
- [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn)
- [Ann Blyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-blyth)
- [Sam Levene](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-levene)
- [Jeff Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-corey)
- [John Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hoyt)
- [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford)
- [Yvonne De Carlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-de-carlo)
- [Richard Gaines](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gaines)
- [Jay C. Flippen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-c-flippen)
- [Ray Teal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-teal)
- [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell)

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