Editing Force of Evil (section)

{{Short description|1948 film by Abraham Polonsky}}
{{About|the film noir|the 1977 television episode "The Force of Evil"|Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Force of Evil
| image          = Force of Evil (1948 poster).jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Abraham Polonsky]]
| producer       = Bob Roberts
| screenplay     = Abraham Polonsky<br/>[[Ira Wolfert]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Tucker's People''<br>1943 novel|Ira Wolfert}}
| starring       = [[John Garfield]]<br />[[Thomas Gomez]]<br />[[Marie Windsor]]<br />[[Beatrice Pearson]]
| music          = [[David Raksin]]
| cinematography = [[George Barnes (cinematographer)|George Barnes]]
| editing        = Art Seid
| studio         = [[Enterprise Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| released       = {{Film date|1948|12|25|United States}}
| runtime        = 76 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $1,150,000<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety172-1948-11/page/n77/mode/1up?q=%22brought+in+at%22|magazine=Variety|title=Inside Stuff - Pictures|date=10 November 1948|page=22}}</ref>
| gross          = $1,165,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
}}

'''''Force of Evil''''' is a 1948 American [[film noir]] starring [[John Garfield]] and [[Beatrice Pearson]] and directed by [[Abraham Polonsky]]. It was adapted by Polonsky and [[Ira Wolfert]] from Wolfert's novel ''Tucker's People''.<ref>{{AFI film|id=25543|title=Force of Evil}}.</ref> Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film ''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]'' (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead.

In 1994, ''Force of Evil'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite news|date=1994-11-15|title=25 Films Added to National Registry|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/15/movies/25-films-added-to-national-registry.html|access-date=2020-10-02|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>