Force of Evil (1948)





An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.


Books with substantial mentioning of Force of Evil

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

Lloyd Hughes
The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies
London, 2005

Jack Shadoian
Dreams & dead ends, The American gangster film
Oxford; New York, 2003

Jonathan Munby
Public Enemies, Public Heroes, Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil
Chicago and London, 1999

Danny Peary
Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful
New York, 1989

Peter Biskind
Seeing Is Believing, How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties
New York, 1983

Howard Gelman
The Films of John Garfield
Secaucus, N.J., 1975
pp. 158-161 info

Books with an entry on Force of Evil

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Articles on Force of Evil

Christine Noll Brinckmann, The Politics of Force of Evil, An Analysis of Abraham Polonsky's Preblacklist Film, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chichester, 2012

Reviews

Danny Graydon, Force of Evil, in: Empire, nr. 200 (February), 2006 pp. 155 (DVD review)