Johnny O'Clock 1947 ★★★½ Crime/Film-Noir [1:35:44] HD
Robert Rossen
CrimeFilm noir
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Johnny O'Clock is a 1947 American film-noir crime film directed by Robert Rossen and starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb and Ellen Drew.It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
New York gambling house operator Johnny O'Clock is junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis and Chuck Blayden, a crooked cop. But Blayden is trying to cut into the casino's profits and warns Johnny not to interfere with his intention of becoming Marchettis' full partner. Blayden ends his relationship with coat check girl Harriet Hobson, then disappears. Later, Harriet is found dead in her apartment, apparently from suicide. Police Inspector Koch begins an investigation. He questions Johnny, Harriet's sister Nancy, who is infatuated with Johnny, and Johnny's associate, Charlie. When Blayden's body turns up in a nearby river, and when it is learned that Harriet death wasn't suicide but murder by poison, Johnny and Marchettis become prime suspects in both cases.To make matters worse, Pete Marchettis discovers that his wife Nelle may be having an affair with Johnny. Out of jealousy, he sends hired gunmen to kill Johnny in a drive-by shooting while Johnny is driving Nancy to the airport. Johnny, now certain that Marchettis has betrayed him, goes to the casino to end their business partnership.
Cast:
Dick Powell as Johnny O'Clock
Evelyn Keyes as Nancy Hobson
Lee J. Cobb as Inspector Koch
Ellen Drew as Nelle Marchettis
Nina Foch as Harriet Hobson
Thomas Gomez as Guido Marchettis (as S. Thomas Gomez)
John Kellogg as Charlie
Jim Bannon as Chuck Blayden
Mabel Paige as slatternly woman tenant
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- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Film noir
- Licence or status
- Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Robert Rossen
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Adult profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed
