HUME CRONYN CAPTAIN MUNCIE (DECEASED) SIGNED 8X10 JSA AUTHENTICATED #N 38798

HUME CRONYN (DECEASED) ACTOR WHO PLAYED SADISTIC CAPTAIN MUNCIE IN THE 1947 FILM "BRUTE FORCE" 8 x 10 EXCELLENT SIGNATURE QUALITYAUTHENTICATED BY JSA (JAMES SPENCE AUTHENTICATION) AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTO Hume Blake Cronyn, Jr., was a Canadian-American actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside Jessica Tandy, his wife for over fifty years. Brute Force is a 1947 film noir directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. It stars Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford. The film was among several films noir made by Dassin during the postwar period. The others were Thieves' Highway, Night and the City and The Naked City.On a dark, rainy morning at Westgate Prison, prisoners crammed into a small cell watch through the window as Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) returns from his term in solitary confinement. Joe is angry and talks about escape. The beleaguered warden is under pressure to improve discipline. His chief of security, Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn), is a sadist who manipulates prisoners to inform on one another and create trouble so he can inflict punishment. The often drunk prison doctor (Art Smith) warns that the prison is a powder keg and will explode if they are not careful. He denounces Munsey's approach and complains that the public and government officials fail to understand the need for rehabilitation.