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711 Ocean Drive
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Academy Award® winner Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor, The Barefoot Contessa, 1954) stars in this top-fIight fiIm noir, based on actual events. He pIays a telephone repairman who uses his knowledge to heIp his bookie expand his business to increased profits and rises to the top. But when syndicate head Otto Kruger (Saboteur) wants to take over, things start to get dicey - and O'Brien's in too deep to caIl the cops. With gritty photography by Frank F. Planer (Champion), direction by Joseph M. Newman (This IsIand Earth), and a white-knuckle cIimax atop BouIder Dam, this is one of the finest crime thrilIers of its era. The excelIent cast also incIudes Joanne Dru (Red River) and such veteran tough guys as Barry Kelly, Donald Porter, Howard St. John and Robert Osterloh, plus a brief appearance by CIeo Moore (Over-Exposed). |
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