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A high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.A high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.A high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.
Thomas Gomez
- Guido Marchettis
- (as S. Thomas Gomez)
Fred Aldrich
- Hotel Doorman
- (uncredited)
George Alesko
- Practical Dealer
- (uncredited)
John P. Barrett
- Floorman
- (uncredited)
Fred Beecher
- Practical Dealer
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Card Player
- (uncredited)
John Berkes
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Card Player
- (uncredited)
Jeff Chandler
- Turk
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Lee J. Cobb (Inspector Koch) was called before the UnAmerican House Activities Committee in 1953 and given a chance to 'clear his name' by naming communists he had known, Cobb named Shimen Ruskin who plays the dry cleaner in this film. Many of his fellow actors never forgave Cobb for this.
- Goofs(at around 51 mins) Johnny and Nancy go into a restaurant to eat. It had been raining outside. The number and size of the wet spots on Johnny's shoulders change several times while they are seated at the table.
- Quotes
Johnny O'Clock: Come here.
Harriet Hobson: [as she stays put] I've been there.
- Crazy creditsWhile he is listed in the uncredited cast as 'Cop', Kenneth MacDonald's voice can be discerned earlier in the casino as one of the game dealers; it is unmistakable.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frances Farmer Presents: Johnny O'Clock (1958)
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johnny o clock
A bit too jokily entertaining when it should be entertainingly disturbing, this first film from Robert Rossen is a fairly good noir that ultimately disappoints, both with its hopeful if not exactly happy ending (noir, by definition, should be on the bleak side throughout) and by there being a hole in the screen where an interesting relationship between the title character and Nancy Hobson should be. This later flaw is due partly to Evelyn Keyes' limitations as an actress and partly by Rossen's as a screenwriter, namely that the guy cannot write romantic dialogue without its sounding like a parody of itself. Where he is on firmer ground, both as writer and director, is with his supporting players. Lee J Cobb's fatherly cop, Thomas Gomez's vain, self loathing, jealous mob boss, Ellen Drew's venal moll and John Kellog's resentful body man with a homoerotic interest in Johnny all come vividly alive through Rossen's crisp, clever dialogue and the skills of the above actors. As for Dick Powell he shows once again that the farther he got from the song and dance stuff the better his performance. Give it a B minus.
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- mossgrymk
- Dec 13, 2021
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- La ultima hora
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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