Act of Violence (1948)




Act of Violence




An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.


Books with substantial mentioning of Act of Violence

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

Books with an entry on Act of Violence

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

Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross
The Motion Picture Guide, Volume I A-B 1927-1983
Chicago, 1985