Original sentence: Brute Force (1947) is a  brooding, brutal film noir, starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford.It was directed by Jules Dassin, with a screenplay by Richard Brooks and the cinematography by William H.The film was among several film noirs made by Dassin during the postwar period.The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City
Edited sentence: Brute Force (1947) is a  brooding, brutal film noir.Dassin was an innovative director who between 1947-1950 made many harsh and visually innovative noirs including Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City,  movies that captured the cynicism and malaise of an America whose foundations had been rocked by World War II.This prison movie, directed by Jules Dassin, was written by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks and the cinematography was by William H