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Pier 23( 1951)

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GANGLAND GALAHAD! He's a cop's pet peeve... and a gal's pet passion!

Overview

Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison. The film's two-part structure leads to repetition and predictability, but it's fun to watch TV's "Ward Cleaver" making like Philip Marlowe.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Hugh Beaumont

      Dennis O'Brien

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      Ann Savage

      Ann Harmon

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      Edward Brophy

      Prof. Shicker

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      Richard Travis

      Police Inspector Lt. Bruger

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      Margia Dean

      Flo Klingle

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      Mike Mazurki

      Ape Danowski

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      David Bruce

      Charles Giffen

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      Raymond Greenleaf

      Father Donovan

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      Eve Miller

      Norma Harmon

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      Harry Hayden

      Dr. Earl J. Tomkins

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      Joi Lansing

      The Cocktail Waitress

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      Peter Mamakos

      Nick Garrison

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      Chris Drake

      Mike Greeley

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      Billy Varga

      Willie Klingle

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      John Indrisano

      Mushy Cavelli

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      Richard Monahan

      Henry - Bartender

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      Charles Wagenheim

      Lefty - Policy Man

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      Jack Chefe

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Heinie Conklin

      Counter Man (uncredited)

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      Jack Gordon

      Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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      Kit Guard

      Drunk at Wrestling Match (uncredited)

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      Barry Norton

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Cosmo Sardo

      Club patron (uncredited)

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      Max Wagner

      Bar Patron (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jan 02 2023
    Hugh Beaumont is adequate here as private investigator "O'Brien" in this really rather procedural crime drama. Indeed, it comes across as two separate episodes rather clunky joined together. What does link the themes though, is that he always seems to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and usually ends up trying to convince folks that he isn't the criminal that all fingers seem to want to point to. This rather dry feature sees him embroiled in a wrestling cover-up for a murder which is completely devoid of jeopardy because that story concludes with half an hour to go! The next se...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • san francisco, california
    • b movie