CrimeMysteryDrama

Pier 23

- GANGLAND GALAHAD! He's a cop's pet peeve... and a gal's pet passion!

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. The film's two-part structure leads to repetition and predictability, but it's fun to watch TV's "Ward Cleaver" making like Philip Marlowe.

Release Date : 1951-05-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sigmund Neufeld Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Flesh and Leather

Cast

Character Name : Dennis O'Brien

Original Name : Hugh Beaumont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ann Harmon

Original Name : Ann Savage

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prof. Shicker

Original Name : Edward Brophy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Inspector Lt. Bruger

Original Name : Richard Travis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flo Klingle

Original Name : Margia Dean

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ape Danowski

Original Name : Mike Mazurki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Giffen

Original Name : David Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Donovan

Original Name : Raymond Greenleaf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norma Harmon

Original Name : Eve Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Earl J. Tomkins

Original Name : Harry Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Cocktail Waitress

Original Name : Joi Lansing

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nick Garrison

Original Name : Peter Mamakos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Greeley

Original Name : Chris Drake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willie Klingle

Original Name : Billy Varga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mushy Cavelli

Original Name : John Indrisano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry - Bartender

Original Name : Richard Monahan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lefty - Policy Man

Original Name : Charles Wagenheim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Chefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Counter Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk at Wrestling Match (uncredited)

Original Name : Kit Guard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Barry Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Club patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Cosmo Sardo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Wagner

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 sequence sees him trying to persuade a convicted felon not to try to escape from Alcatraz, only to - yet again - get all caught up in some shenanigans that could see him in the "chair". What really doesn't help is the annoying narration - peppered with what they must have hoped were witticisms - that describe what he is about to do before he does it. It is almost as if it were made by a production team with a radio background less used to the audience being able to see what action (activity may be better) is actually going on. Kills an hour, but then so does the hoovering.