Brute Force (1947 film)
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Screenplay by | Richard Brooks |
| Story by | Robert Patterson |
| Produced by | Mark Hellinger |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Jeff Corey |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Production company | Mark Hellinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.2 million (US rentals) |
Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American noir crime tragedy film directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford and Yvonne De Carlo.
This was among several noir films made by Dassin during the postwar period. The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.