Force of Evil
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This article is about the film noir. For the 1977 television episode "The Force of Evil", see Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected.
Force of Evil is a 1948 American film noir starring John Garfield 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.
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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 |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,150,000[1] |
Box office | $1,165,000[2] |
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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]