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11/05/1951 Crime, Mystery, Drama 0h 58m
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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.

  1. William Berke

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Hugh Beaumont

    Dennis O'Brien

  2. Ann Savage

    Ann Harmon

  3. Edward Brophy

    Prof. Shicker

  4. Richard Travis

    Police Inspector Lt. Bruger

  5. Margia Dean

    Flo Klingle

  6. Mike Mazurki

    Ape Danowski

  7. David Bruce

    Charles Giffen

  8. Raymond Greenleaf

    Father Donovan

  9. Eve Miller

    Norma Harmon

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-01-02
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 s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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