Force of Evil
“Sensational Story Of a Numbers King Whose Number Was Up!”
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.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
Roberts Pictures Inc.
Language
en
Status
Released
How Force of Evil performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.2M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$196K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Joe Morse
John Garfield
Joe Morse
Leo Morse
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Edna Tucker
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Freddie Bauer
Howland Chamberlain
Freddie Bauer
Ben Tucker
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Bill Ficco
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Wally
Stanley Prager
Wally
Detective Egan
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Hobe Wheelock
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Doris Lowry
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Link Hall (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
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