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""Dans un pénitencier, un détenu cherche à s'échapper et entre en guerre ouverte contre le sadique gardien-chef."--Container. Avec Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne DeCarlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell."
"Joe Collins of Cell R-17 in Westgate Penitentiary is planning a mass breakout. The warden, Capt. Munsey, gets wind of this plan and seeks to further his career by crushing it. Violence erupts and Collins and Munsey come face to face with each other."@en
"Joe Collins of Cell R-17 in Westgate Penitentiary is planning a mass breakout. The warden, Capt. Munsey, gets wind of this plan and seeks to further his career by crushing it. Violence erupts and Collins and Munsey come face to face with each other."
""Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains"--Container."@en
"As hard-hitting as its title, Brute force was the first of Jules Dassin's forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. 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 Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom."@en
""For the men of Westgate Penitentiary, life is live on a knife's edge, ruled by violence and fear in a war fought between the guards and the toughest cons. Hume Cronyn stars as Capt. Munsey, an ambitious, sadistic tyrant who uses fear and treachery to control the prisoners. His bugbear is the jaded but charismatic Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster in his second only screen outing), whose plans for escape are the only thing keeping him sane. If they are rumbled, he and his cellmates run every chance of unleashing an unimaginable inferno of hellfire from Munsey, but should they succeed ..."--Container."
"At Westgate Penitentiary, the least contented inmate is tough Joe Collins who hates the chief guard. After too many infractions, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail, and they plan an escape that has every chance of becoming a bloodbath."
"Driven by his hatred of a corrupt prison guard and his love for his girlfriend, a prisoner organizes a daring prison escape."@en
"In a prison, when one guard who sadistically beats prisoners finally becomes unbearable, the inmates stage a vicious riot."@en
"A seminal film noir from director Jules Dassin, it is caustic and violent, even within the bleak, gritty domain of 1940's noir. When the prisoners plan a mass breakout reacting to prison brutality, the warden gets wind of it and seeks to further his career by crushing it, leading to a showdown between the warden and Burt Lancaster."
"Six violent convicts revolt against a sadistic warden, Cat. Munsey (Hume Cronyn) and try to escape. Violence erupts and the ringleader, Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) comes face to face with Capt. Munsey."
"As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin's forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. 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 Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom."@en
"Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) of Cell R-17 in Westgate Penitentiary is planning a mass breakout. The warden, Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn), gets wind of this plan and seeks to further his career by crushing it. Violence erupts and Collins and Munsey come face to face with each other."@en
"Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) of Cell R-17 in Westgate Penitentiary is planning a mass breakout. The warden, Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn), gets wind of this plan and seeks to further his career by crushing it. Violence erupts and Collins and Munsey come face to face with each other."
"Joe Collins schemes to break out of Westgate prison. Joe is in love with Ruth, who doesn't know he is in jail and won't consent to an operation to save her life until he is at her side."
"Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collinsś dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munseyś chains?"
"When a prison guard who sadistically beats prisoners finally becomes unbearable, the inmates stage a vicious riot."
""At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail ; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of turning into a bloodbath."--container."