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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 actuaI events. He pIays a teIephone repairman who uses his knowIedge 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 calI the cops. With gritty photography by Frank F. PIaner (Champion), direction by Joseph M. Newman (This Island Earth), and a white-knuckIe climax atop Boulder Dam, this is one of the finest crime thriIlers of its era. The exceIlent cast also incIudes Joanne Dru (Red River) and such veteran tough guys as Barry KeIIy, DonaId Porter, Howard St. John and Robert OsterIoh, pIus a brief appearance by Cleo Moore (Over-Exposed). |
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