Edmond O'Brien Film Noir Triple Feature

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

In this noirish crime tale, a Los Angeles telephone repairman helps a bookie set up a gambling ring. After the bookie dies, the technician takes over the operation and soon runs afoul of some mobsters from the East Coast who want a piece of his very lucrative business. Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger star. 102 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Between Midnight And Dawn (1950)

Guadalcanal platoon pals turned LAPD patrol car partners Daniel Purvis (Edmond O'Brien) and Rocky Barnes (Mark Stevens) are in for a fateful shift when vengeful hood Richie Garris (Donald Buka) gets out of custody and seks payback for their hauling him in. Gritty police procedural also stars Gale Storm, Roland Winters, Gale Robbins co-star. 89 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Two Of A Kind (1951)

Grifter Mike Farrell (Edmond O'Brien) was approached by femme fatale Brandy Kirby (Lizabeth Scott) and shady lawyer Vincent Mailer (Alexander Knox) with a lucrative proposition: Pose as the long-vanished son of Mailer's aged industrialist client (Griff Barnett)--and then split the $10 million estate three ways. The can't-miss scheme hits several stunning snags in this moody effort; Terry Moore, Virginia Brissac also star. 75 min. BW/Rtg: NR