Brute Force 1947

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Producer Joan Harrison, who seems to have profited from a long association with Alfred Hitchcock, and Director Irving Pichel have created mounting suspense which comes to a distinctly surprising and explosive climax as the jury brings its verdict. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The escape sequence has the spatial intricacy of the heist in Dassin's Rififi, but the tone is tougher, bleaker, and more suspenseful. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: This is one of Dassin's best films. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Bristling, biting dialog by Richard Brooks paints broad cameos as each character takes shape under existing prison life. Read more