Brute Force (#383) USED wow now resulting in a devastatingly authentic

resulting in a devastatingly authentic snapshot of life in the north east of England

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Keith Morris

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Brute Force (#383) USED wow now resulting in a devastatingly authenticAs hard hitting as its title, Brute Force was one of Jules Dassins first forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama with a scathing critique of the punitive American incarceration system at its heart. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collinss dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he