What is Brute Force/House of Numbers about?

Noir Behind Bars! Double Feature: BRUTE FORCE, 1947, Universal [Upcoast Film Consultants], 98 min. Dir. Jules Dassin. Intense, violent and nihilistic in the extreme, this Mark Hellinger-produced prison drama may well be the bleakest, most despairing film noir of them all. Burt Lancaster plots a breakout for the inmates of Cell R-17 so they can escape the sadism of fascistic bully Hume Cronyn. HOUSE OF NUMBERS, 1957, MGM [Warner Bros.], 92 min. Dir. Russell Rouse. What’s more ominous than a jugged Jack Palance doing hard time? How about Jack in a dual role as look-alike brothers … with Timothy Carey as a cellmate! In a unique twist, the Palance on the outside schemes to free his twin by breaking into maximum security! NOT ON DVD!

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What is Brute Force/House of Numbers about?: Noir Behind Bars! Double Feature: BRUTE FORCE, 1947, Universal [Upcoast Film Consultants], 98 min. Dir. Jules Dassin. Intense, violent and nihilistic in the extreme, this Mark Hellinger-produced prison drama may well be the bleakest, most despairing film noir of them all. Burt Lancaster plots a breakout for the inmates of Cell R-17 so they can escape the sadism of fascistic bully Hume Cronyn.

HOUSE OF NUMBERS, 1957, MGM [Warner Bros.], 92 min. Dir. Russell Rouse. What’s more ominous than a jugged Jack Palance doing hard time? How about Jack in a dual role as look-alike brothers … with Timothy Carey as a cellmate! In a unique twist, the Palance on the outside schemes to free his twin by breaking into maximum security! NOT ON DVD!