Jules Dassin

Brute Force Jules Dassin

Gritty prison thriller starring Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins, an inmate at the tough and overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where power-hungry prison guard Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn) rules with fear and violence. After the suicide of one of the prisoners, prompted by Munsey's sadistic bullying, Joe Collins and his cellmates devise a plan for mutiny and escape.