Kick-Back Friday: #61

By bmartin on April 10, 2009 4:56 PM |

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Force of Evil* (1948): Shot in gorgeous black and white by DP George Barnes; written and directed by the later-blacklisted Abraham Polonsky.

John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice) is a Manhattan attorney caught between the organized numbers game and fraternal loyalty. Supporting character actors Thomas Gomez (Key Largo), as Garfield's beefy brother, and Howland Chamberlain (High Noon), as the jumpy bookkeeper, are in top noirish form.

* Not to be confused with the Orson Welles classic, Touch of Evil.

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