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Tag Archives: Edmond O’Brien
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) Leslie Fenton, Glenn Ford, Edmond O’Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Western
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. Read More »
Stopover Tokyo (1957) Richard L. Breen, Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring. Read More »
The Killers (1946) Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, “the Swede,” who’s expecting them. Read More »
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Comedy, Drama
Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it’s the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. Read More »
Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) Gordon Douglas, Mark Stevens, Edmond O’Brien, Gale Storm, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Read More »
The Turning Point (1952) William Dieterle, William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, Alexis Smith, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. Read More »
The Web (1947) Michael Gordon, Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Read More »
An Act of Murder (1948) Michael Gordon, Fredric March, Edmond O’Brien, Florence Eldridge, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke’s daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke’s attitude toward defendants. Read More »
Denver and Rio Grande (1952) Byron Haskin, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Adventure, Western
Edmund O’Brien and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotage the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
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