Brute Force (#383) USED wow now he embarks on a crusade

he embarks on a crusade to expose the killer

She cannot speak

Considered by many to be one of America’s greatest comic talents

Directed and adapted for the screen by an all-female team (director Di Drew and screenwriter Helen Hodgman) a rarity for the era this lavish and ambitious Australian period drama was shot mostly on location in Bathurst

Brute Force (#383) USED wow now he embarks on a crusadeAs hard hitting as its title, Brute Force was one of Jules Dassins first forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama with a scathing critique of the punitive American incarceration system at its heart. 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 Collinss dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he