Johnny O'Clock, 1947
Saw this movie the other night. This is the archetype of hardboiled, film noir. It doesn't get any better than Lee J. Cobb and Dick Powell, two of my favorite actors. Loved Dick Powell ever since Mrs. Mike, 1949.
It's got sharp, hardboiled dialogue. Like how the characters try to manage their past, while others lay everything out to specific characters. One of the best.
from IMDB:
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 [enamored] 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 is 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
Saw this movie the other night. This is the archetype of hardboiled, film noir. It doesn't get any better than Lee J. Cobb and Dick Powell, two of my favorite actors. Loved Dick Powell ever since Mrs. Mike, 1949.
It's got sharp, hardboiled dialogue. Like how the characters try to manage their past, while others lay everything out to specific characters. One of the best.
from IMDB:
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 [enamored] 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 is 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
