Garfield and Pearson in Force of Evil. Lawyer Joe Morse works for a powerful gangster, Tucker, who wishes to consolidate and control the numbers racket in New York City. This requires absorbing many smaller outfits, one of which is run by Morse's older brother, Leo.

Force of Evil: Directed by Abraham Polonsky. With John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor. An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

Aug 30, 2021 · Force of Evil is a 1948 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Abraham Polonsky, who was previously known as a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947). Like Body and Soul, the film starred John Garfield. The film was adapted by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People.

His father remarried and moved to the West Bronx, where Garfield joined a series of gangs. Much later, he would recall: "Every street had its own gang. That's the way it was in poor sections ... the old safety in numbers." He soon became a gang leader.

Oct 15, 2022 · Set in New York City, "Force of Evil" combines and not entirely subtlely equates the numbers racket with banking and Wall Street. The film focuses on an ambitious young lawyer, Joe Morse, in an extraordinary performance by Garfield.

While Jon is out at the dentist's having treatment for a painful tooth-ache, Garfield and Odie are home alone watching their favorite television shows in the living room. At nightfall, Jon still isn't back. But who's that knocking at the door? Could it be the dangerous gangster everyone's talking about on television?

Shady corporate attorney Joe Morse (John Garfield) wants his estranged brother Leo (Thomas Gomez), a bookmaker, to join him and his gangster bosses in forming a much larger numbers racket to dominate the city. When Leo balks, Joe calls in a raid on his operation to force his hand.

In a role that typified the harsh, cynical edge he could bring to his pictures, Garfield is a powerful, selfish Wall Street lawyer who grew up on the streets (like Garfield himself, a product of Bronx street gangs) but has risen to a place of undeniable importance.

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.

Jun 6, 2015 · Co-writer/director Abraham Polonsky’s dynamic, first-rate 1948 film noir crime thriller stars John Garfield, who gives a superlative performance as Joe Morse, a gangster’s attorney who lets his greed overcome his sense of morality.