Johnny O'Clock (1947) is a American crime film noir directed by Robert Rossen and written by Robert Rossen, based on a story written by Milton Holmes. The drama features Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, among others.
Slick, egotistical Johnny O'Clock (Powell) is a partner in a gambling house that has seen better days. When the hat-check girl is found murdered, he gets involved with crooked cops and criminals that includes his shady partner...
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Johnny O'Clock (1947) is a American crime film noir directed by Robert Rossen and written by Robert Rossen, based on a story written by Milton Holmes. The drama features Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, among others.
Slick, egotistical Johnny O'Clock (Powell) is a partner in a gambling house that has seen better days. When the hat-check girl is found murdered, he gets involved with crooked cops and criminals that includes his shady partner in the casino, Pete.
In addition to trying to deal with the partner that may bring about his downfall, and the murder of Harriet the hatcheck, O'Clock also juggles the many women in his life including Pete's wife.
Time Out film guide notes "Despite good performances and fine camerawork from Burnett Guffey, Rossen's first film as director is a disappointingly flat thriller...Since they remain totally unmemorable (through no fault of the actors concerned), the subsequent action tends to become little more than a sequence of events mechanically...
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