711 Ocean Drive (1950)
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53% of users liked it
(120 ratings)
Edmond O'Brien plays a telephone repairman whose electronic savvy earns him a job with a bookmaking concern. O'Brien's bookie boss Barry Kelly wants to get instant results from the nation's racetracks, and to this end O'Brien illicitly plugs into several communication centers.… More Edmond O'Brien plays a telephone repairman whose electronic savvy earns him a job with a bookmaking concern. O'Brien's bookie boss Barry Kelly wants to get instant results from the nation's racetracks, and to this end O'Brien illicitly plugs into several communication centers. The wealthier O'Brien becomes, the more scruples he sheds. Eventually he runs afoul of the Big Boss of an Eastern bookie syndicate (Otto Kruger) and vainly attempts to escape with his life in a slam-bang final at Boulder Dam. 711 Ocean Drive was made to cash in on a then-current national newspaper expose of bookmaking operations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph M. Newman
- Written By
- Richard English, Francis Swann
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1950 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Inventive, visually rich film noir about crooked gambling, telephone tech and Boulder Dam.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This moralistic tale spins an interesting take on the criminal genius who falls and the sychophant crime bosses, who can't be stopped completely.
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Cast
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Edmond O'Brien
as Mal Granger
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Joanne Dru
as Gail Mason
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Don Porter
as Larry Mason
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Sammy White
as Chippie Evans
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Otto Kruger
as Carl Stephans
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Dorothy Patrick
as Trudy Maxwell
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Barry Kelley
as Vince Walters
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Howard St. John
as Lt. Pete Wright
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Robert Osterloh
as Gizzi
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Bert Freed
as Marshak
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Carl Milletaire
as Joe Gish
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Charles La Torre
as Rocco
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Fred Aldrich
as Peterson
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Charles Jordan
as Tim
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Sidney Dubin
as Mendel Weiss
- Donald Porter
