- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1949-03-01
- Director: Abraham Polonsky
- Writers: Abraham Polonsky , Ira Wolfert
- Language: English
- Stars: John Garfield (I) (1913–1952) , Thomas Gomez , Beatrice Pearson , Marie Windsor , Howland Chamberlain (1911–1984) , Roy Roberts , Paul Fix , Stanley Prager , Barry Kelley , Paul McVey
- Runtime: 79 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: To mystiko tis paranomis leshis (Greece) , Forţa răului (Romania) , Force of Evil (United Kingdom) , A Força do Mal (Brazil) , 悪の力 (Japan) , The Story of Tucker's People (United States of America) , La fuerza del mal (Mexico) , The Numbers Racket (United States of America) , Force of Evil , La fuerza del mal (Spain) , Tucker's People (United States of America) , Pahan pauloissa (Finland) , A Força do Mal (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Şeytanın Kudreti (Turkey) , Το μυστικό της παράνομης λέσχης (Greece) , Ο νόμος των γκάνγκστερς (Greece) , Force of Evil (United States of America) , L'enfer de la corruption (France, French Republic) , El poder del mal (Spain) , Hasard (Sweden) , La fuerza del destino (Spain) , Força do Mal (Brazil) , Силы зла , Force of Evil (Canada) , Die Macht des Bösen , Ondskabens magt (Denmark) , Siła zła (Poland) , Sila zla , A gonosz ereje (Hungary) , Le forze del male (Italy)
- Plot: Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
- IMDB:tt0040366
Force of Evil Cast · · · ALL
Abraham Polonsky
Director
John Garfield
(I)
(1913–1952)
Joe Morse
Thomas Gomez
Leo Morse
Marie Windsor
Edna Tucker
Howland Chamberlain
(1911–1984)
Freddie Bauer
Roy Roberts
Ben Tucker
Paul Fix
Bill Ficco
Barry Kelley
Detective Egan
Paul McVey
Hobe Wheelock
Beatrice Pearson
Doris Lowry
Arthur O’Connell
Link Hall (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Sorter (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Secretary #4 (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Sorter (uncredited)
Paul Frees
(1920–1986)
Elevator operator
Jack Overman
Juice (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
(I)
(1899–1956)
Johnson
Raymond Largay
Bunte (uncredited)
Beau Bridges
(I)
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Allen Mathews
Badgley (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Two and Two (uncredited)
Bert Hanlon
Cigar man (uncredited)
Bill Neff
Law clerk (uncredited)