Force of Evil (1950)
"Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John Garfield as Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse
Marie Windsor as Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain as Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts as Ben Tucker
Stanley Prager as Wally
Barry Kelley as Detective Egan
Is Force of Evil good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 148 TMDB ratings. Critics rated it higher at 100%, but audiences were less impressed.
Overview
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time. Wikipedia ↗
