| Brute Force | |
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Screenplay by | Richard Brooks |
| Story by | Robert Patterson |
| Produced by | Mark Hellinger |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Production company | Mark Hellinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Distributors Corporation of America (1956 re-release) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.2 million (US rentals)[1] |
Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American crime film noir 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.[2]
This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period. The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1947". Variety. January 7, 1948. p. 63.
- ^ Brute Force at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.