| Force of Evil | |
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| Directed by | Abraham Polonsky |
| Screenplay by | Abraham Polonsky Ira Wolfert |
| Based on | Tucker's People 1943 novel by Ira Wolfert |
| Produced by | Bob Roberts |
| Starring | John Garfield Thomas Gomez Marie Windsor Beatrice Pearson |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by | Art Seid |
| Music by | David Raksin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,150,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,165,000[2] |
Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield and Beatrice Pearson and directed by Abraham Polonsky. It was adapted by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People.[3] Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead.
In 1994, Force of Evil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]
- ^ "Inside Stuff - Pictures". Variety. 10 November 1948. p. 22.
- ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Force of Evil at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ "25 Films Added to National Registry". The New York Times. 1994-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-02.