@@Raging.Geekazoid Pretty close to ticking all the boxes for a noir movie, the dialog is pretty snappy with a strong hint of spillane and a lying blonde and all, but yea so many uploaders use the noir label for almost anything with a bit of drama shot in bw.
@@Kidraver555 It's pretty funny, all these overprotected kids (or you kids) being from such a different culture. Back in the day, a noir was where the good guy gets killed because of his own character flaws. In Sunset Boulevard, for example, it's a guy's desperation to improve his career. A lot more specific than just "crime and danger". Another noir is The Mask of Dimitrios, where a novelist gets mixed up with bloodthirsty spies. The story actually has an ending where he survives, but it's strictly fantasy. The writer's curiosity was getting him closer and closer to being murdered by the bad guy.
@@Raging.Geekazoid excuse me for using the wrong phrase. Yes because it’s black and white and an old movie I used the Words film noir. Good heaven so what?
He had to retire from the noir genre to become Ward Clever . June was worried about the danger and his responsibilities to raise Wally and the Beave. 😉😉😊✌️
After watching CSI series in the 2000s, and getting back 50 years to these noir flics, is such a delight! - No protocol for not touching things at the crime scene, casual banter between the omnipresent case Detective and the PI, the femme fatales who get more done with a kiss than with a .22, and the casual, fatalist living the life of cigarettes, whiskey shots and coffee...
I loved this movie and Hugh Beaumont. Hugh was always so cool, calm, laid back, and collected. I wish he had been in more movies that we could enjoy, I think he was a very good, and believable actor, and I love how he delivered his lines. I really miss him. Rest in Blessed Peace Hugh.❤️❤️❤️🥰😍❤️❤️
Hugh Beaumont was a natural. He was so relaxed, confident, laid back and cool the way he delivered his lines. You believed him because he was believable, which is saying a lot. Yes, he was a total Natural in every sense, and I wish they had put him in more movies that we could enjoy, he was even good looking, and so under rated as an actor. REST IN BLESSED PEACE HUGH ❤️
I Loved "Leave it to Beaver." We always watched it every week, and never missed an Episode. Ward Cleaver was a great Dad in that show, just like June Cleaver was a great Mom.
This film is two separate half hour stories intended as both a feature and a proposed TV series. The first story is actually taken from the episode "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" (4/2/49) of the radio series "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949) starring Jack Webb and co-created / written by his roommate at the time, Richard L. Breen (who later wrote a few Dragnet episodes). The main characters are based on the radio show! Pat Novak (Jack Webb) now Danny O'Brien (Hugh Beaumon), rents boats from Pier 23 in San Francisco. His associate is Jacko Madigan (played by Tudor Owen), an alcoholic criminologist, who is now Prof. Schicker (Edward Brophy). Novak's nemesis is Lt. Hellman (played by Raymond Burr) who is now Lt. Bruger (Richard Travis). Most of the film's dialogue is lifted straight from the radio episode!!!! This radio episode is highly recommended as not only the best "Pat Novak" episode, but the ultimate example of fast paced "hard boiled" noir dialogue, overloaded with similes and metaphors, with brilliant readings by the radio actors. and written by Richard L. Breen. (Blake Edwards wrote for Dick Powell's radio series "Richard Diamond".)
" ... film noir's ultimate femme double-crosser, the unforgettable Ann Savage (Detour)". Definitely well said, she was one of the ones that was ALL THAT. Thanks for sharing.
This film was based on the radio serial Pat Novak for Hire, which ran from 1946-1947, and starred Jack Webb, with hard-boiled dialogue penned by none other than Blake Edwards...
Ah, that explains these two films. They were so obviously meant to be two shorter episodes each. Makes for a strange viewing experience as a feature film, albeit not an unenjoyable one.
Beaumont makes a fun P.I. and I always enjoy Edward Brophy! They teamed up in two other of these fun noirs: 'Danger Zone' & 'Roaring City'. H/B also starred as Mike Shayne in five 'B' noirs, found in his Wiki.
There was some snappy dialogue and I liked Edward Brophy's ability to keep it lively too. Two stories in one. He wasn't born in Virginia, but I believe I read he grew up there or in the south. His southern accent came through more here, than on the TV show; here, he sounded a bit like Randolph Scott, a Virginian.
Dragnet Sam Spade Candy Matson Richard Diamond Rogues Gallery Dangerous Assignment Pete Kelly's Blues Casey, Crime Photographer Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator.... This movie reminds me of some of the Old Time Radio Detectives shows... in particular "Rogues Gallery" . 15:48 "Professor Shicker" reminds me of "Eugor" an alter ego character from that series. Thanks for the post !
Thanks for uploading these Lippert studio B-pics. Love the stars, Hugh "Daddy" Beaumont. The hard-as-nails Ann Savage remains a particular Cult favourite but her role is disappointingly miniscule. She should have traded roles with Margia Dean, who is still kicking and going on 101.
@3:55~ "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." (Mat. 23:9) This is but one of many ways catholics depart from Scripture, including to abstain from meat (Fridays), forbid marrying (priests~ and we all know what THAT led to) and worshiping idols.
After listening to a large number of radio dramas and old movies it's surprising how many of them were not only adapted from radio to screen but how many were then slightly rewritten with different leading characters too.
One story is a video version of "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" (4/2/49) from the radio series "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949) starring Jack Webb, Tudor Owen and Raymond Burr in the main roles portrayed by other actors in the film.
Film noir: "She was a pushy dame...she had legs that were proud of each other...you know, gams, getaway sticks? She was carrying a torch for some mug by the name of Vinny Molvaney. Vinny was booked to numbers--- didn't need paper or pencil or anything. He also had a face like the back end of a shovel. But, I wasn't there for a beauty contest... I needed answers and it was my job to ask questions; after all, I am a private eye...it says so on the outside of my door. I watched as ghost traffic splashed past...thoughts shrouded in fog going nowhere!"
This movie is filled with classic wisecracks. Richard Travis, the Police Inspector: I'm arresting you. For loitering around dead bodies. Visitor: I'm looking for O'Brien. Didn't I see you in the arena with a blonde? Dennis O'Brien: If I was with a blonde, it would have been in the back row. After the way Mike Mazurki beat up on Hugh Beaumont, it is no surprise he was never invited to appear on Leave it to Beaver.
Is Hugh Beaumont the only one in this movie that does,nt have a gun? But a good little movie. Ward Cleaver always puts on a good show in any movie I have seen him in. Even The Mole People!!
Mr. Cleaver, as a fishing tackle, marine shop owner, who's really a private detective🤔??? I see Mike Murzurki, is in it. He was in alot of comedy's, too.
It's corny when Bruger lands up unerringly immediately after a murder and accuses the P.I. of murder . The smart quips remind you of Chandler's protagonist who have plenty of time to speak in metaphors and similes .
Beaumont will always be Ward Cleaver to me, although his character/performance in "Money Madness" was VERY CREEPY! This film is a DIRECT REMAKE of a plot from the "Pat Novak For Hire" radio series starring Jack Webb. SAME DIALOGUE.
A lesson learned, is that you NEVER turn your back on someone that you are supposed to be watching. Look at what just happened to Hugh Beaumont in this movie.
A class A production. Very smooth. No jumping around like todays trash and no bad jokes. Interesting life this O'Brien character but he better retire soon. Too many concussions.
I wonder if anyone is aware that this show is a direct copy of the radio program that aired from 1946-49 entitled Pat Novak for Hire. The show featured a guy who was a private eye and also ran a boat yard. He had a drunken partner named Jocko Madigan and was also harassed by a cop who was played by Raymond Burr. It was pretty well done and I've listened to many of the episodes here on RUclips.
I love black and white movies and tv shows,,i hugh Beaumont had a very successful career,,last show was emergency,,,,alot people dont know or these actors contracts has a clause in them ,,its were their final show movie will be done once they are due to retire,, almost everyone final will be in a hit tv show ,,hugh was a doctor,,, Hawkeye from mash was a doctor on ER,,,HE HAD DIMENTIA,,TRUE
Actors get typecast more for their voices than for their faces. Hugh Beaumont could never play a credible heavy because of his voice. His voice is sincere and innocent.
Ted knight played a heavy in noir movies as well...when he was blond I couldn't believe it. Until I saw him Not big roles though. Leslie Nielsen was able to break into comedy
@@susanfaulkner2304 Me neither. I don't think Hugh Beaumont was trying for the Humphrey Bogart persona, for example. Ed Brophy, as a drunk, was more functional. WC Fields was mainly a sarcastic character who MAY HAVE been drunk. "Any man who hates dogs and children.........................'
This is a follow up film to ROARING CITY. That one has more clever noir lines. Great looking ladies in that one. I see Joy Lansing is in this one. Yummy!!
Thus far the beginning of this movie and the premise is ridiculous. How does a guy Escape from Alcatraz? how does he get across the water at night and in the fog? how does he get exactly at pier 23? how is he dressed in a overcoat and hat and have a gun? Absolutely absurd!! How does Hugh Beaumont know that he is the right guy if he doesn't know what he looks like, didn't see a picture of him?
It's entertainment, not history. There are tons of flaws and if you enjoy being critical, then it's still entertainment. If you want realism you're stuck in the wrong place - no such thing exists outside of actual events. Even then there's no guarantee
It's a direct copy of the episode "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" from "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949), written by Richard L. Breen. Like a lot of 40s radio detective noirs, not all the holes are in the dead bodies...
Mike Mazurki is always fun and William "King of the Bs" Berke keeps things clicking, but unless you like your Noir in caricature, stick to the real deal.
These films show Hugh Beaumont at his best. **I wish more people would think of that rather than remembering him only as 'the Beaver's' father. I never liked that series anyway. Barbara Billingsley was charming, Hugh Beaumont was a cool dude, I never liked Tony Dow, and I SERIOUSLY DIDN'T LIKE JERRY MATHERS. That was really a crummy show; like other such series, the lead kid was sickeningly cute, and I do mean sickening. And that just doesn't make it.
I wonder how this got through the production code -- two men, "O'Brien" and "The Professor," sharing sleeping quarters containing only one bed. This was typical of Beaumont's bread and butter work before his iconic "Ward Cleaver" role six years later. He was 41 years old here and made a living in movies like this as well as promotional/commercial films. The part of "Ape Danowski" was played by always-working Mike Mazurki (he's 43 years old here) who was a towering 6' 5" tall. Until he pursued acting in 1934, he was professional wrestler "Iron" Mike Mazurki. He specialized in strong-arm/gangster-type roles. He was in dozens of movies in the 40's alone. He was also adept with deadpan comedic roles in movies like "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." He continued acting right up to his death in 1990 at 82 years of age. Notice at 31:50: "The pier was as deserted as an income tax office on March 16th." This movie was made in 1951 when the tax deadline for federal returns was March 15th. It was changed to today's April 15th in 1955. The dialog in this movie is pretty cringe-worthy but it was still enjoyable.
Good ole Hugh Beaumont. A very good actor.
I love narrated film noir movies. Gives an air of clarity and humor as well.
It's not film noir. It's just a detective story filmed in black-and-white.
@@Raging.Geekazoid Pretty close to ticking all the boxes for a noir movie, the dialog is pretty snappy with a strong hint of spillane and a lying blonde and all, but yea so many uploaders use the noir label for almost anything with a bit of drama shot in bw.
@@Kidraver555 It's pretty funny, all these overprotected kids (or you kids) being from such a different culture. Back in the day, a noir was where the good guy gets killed because of his own character flaws. In Sunset Boulevard, for example, it's a guy's desperation to improve his career. A lot more specific than just "crime and danger".
Another noir is The Mask of Dimitrios, where a novelist gets mixed up with bloodthirsty spies. The story actually has an ending where he survives, but it's strictly fantasy. The writer's curiosity was getting him closer and closer to being murdered by the bad guy.
Seems like the narration is part of the noir classification. Im thinking of mickey spilane
@@Raging.Geekazoid excuse me for using the wrong phrase. Yes because it’s black and white and an old movie I used the Words film noir. Good heaven so what?
Well worth it for the snappy dialog alone.
DIALOGUE
😀 Thank you 😀 Always enjoy watching Edward Brophy ❤ Nice to see Hugh Beaumont . ❤ Mike Mazurki always the great bad guy .
Hugh Beaumont aka Ward Clever on Leave it Beaver did a really good job in this movie.
He had to retire from the noir genre to become Ward Clever . June was worried about the danger and his responsibilities to raise Wally and the Beave. 😉😉😊✌️
Geez, Wally;
I didn't know your old man was a 'private eye'!
After watching CSI series in the 2000s, and getting back 50 years to these noir flics, is such a delight! -
No protocol for not touching things at the crime scene, casual banter between the omnipresent case Detective and the PI, the femme fatales who get more done with a kiss than with a .22, and the casual, fatalist living the life of cigarettes, whiskey shots and coffee...
Pretty good flick with some great one liners.
I love inner voice over, dialogue in film noir!
V/O really IS a major component of film noir. That genre is more narrow than many uploaders seem to understand.
I love all the smart aleck comments!
Thanks for sharing! It's worth seeing this film just to see Edward Brophy in a typically over the top role.
See Ann Savage in DETOUR, 1945. One of the best ever roles she played. You'll love her.
Ann Savage was
So this is "Pat Novak for Hire" on film. Cool!
Way spend Thanksgiving watching old movies I love ❤️ these old movies
I loved this movie and Hugh Beaumont. Hugh was always so cool, calm, laid back, and
collected. I wish he had been in more movies that we could enjoy, I think he was a very good, and believable actor, and I love how he delivered his lines. I really miss him. Rest in Blessed Peace Hugh.❤️❤️❤️🥰😍❤️❤️
I thought I recognized that voice the minute the movie started.
Beaumont makes a fantastic private eye.
Nuh-uh.
@@scarygary-qq1pjagree to disagree.
Why is the Professor always drunk and yet not slurring his show-off words.
The abundant ship's horns are marvellous and make the film estremely noir.
Hugh Beaumont was a natural. He was so relaxed, confident, laid back and cool the way he delivered his lines. You believed him because he was
believable, which is saying a lot. Yes, he was a total Natural in every sense, and I wish they had put him in more movies that we could enjoy, he was even good looking, and so under rated as an actor.
REST IN BLESSED PEACE HUGH ❤️
"The Lady Confesses"
No, he really wasn't suited to these kinds of roles. The nice guy sidekick, like in The Blue Dahlia, maybe. But detective? Soft-boiled all the way.
@@Hexon66 if he's soft boiled so was dick powell.
When ever I watch Hugh Beaumont I can't stop seeing Ward Cleaver.
Try to stop. Doing the Ward Cleaver thing was a step down for him, even if he needed the money.
Before Ward met June. Now I know how Beaumont got his smarts for dealing with the "Beav. If only Eddie Haskell knew.
He was double-bad in "The Lady Confesses".
Oh, cool. I knew I saw that guy on some old TV show but I couldn't place it until you mentioned it.
I Loved "Leave it to Beaver."
We always watched it every week, and never missed an Episode.
Ward Cleaver was a great Dad in that show, just like June Cleaver was a great Mom.
This film is two separate half hour stories intended as both a feature and a proposed TV series. The first story is actually taken from the episode "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" (4/2/49) of the radio series "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949) starring Jack Webb and co-created / written by his roommate at the time, Richard L. Breen (who later wrote a few Dragnet episodes). The main characters are based on the radio show! Pat Novak (Jack Webb) now Danny O'Brien (Hugh Beaumon), rents boats from Pier 23 in San Francisco. His associate is Jacko Madigan (played by Tudor Owen), an alcoholic criminologist, who is now Prof. Schicker (Edward Brophy). Novak's nemesis is Lt. Hellman (played by Raymond Burr) who is now Lt. Bruger (Richard Travis). Most of the film's dialogue is lifted straight from the radio episode!!!! This radio episode is highly recommended as not only the best "Pat Novak" episode, but the ultimate example of fast paced "hard boiled" noir dialogue, overloaded with similes and metaphors, with brilliant readings by the radio actors. and written by Richard L. Breen. (Blake Edwards wrote for Dick Powell's radio series "Richard Diamond".)
Most interesting.
You are quite knowledgeable even naming the actors and connecting this movie with the radio performance. Too bad you don't live in my neighborhood.
My favorite Novak episode is the laundry mix up. Really great one.
" ... film noir's ultimate femme double-crosser, the unforgettable Ann Savage (Detour)".
Definitely well said, she was one of the ones that was ALL THAT. Thanks for sharing.
This film was based on the radio serial Pat Novak for Hire, which ran from 1946-1947, and starred Jack Webb, with hard-boiled dialogue penned by none other than Blake Edwards...
that is right
Interesting. Thanks.
Ah, that explains these two films. They were so obviously meant to be two shorter episodes each. Makes for a strange viewing experience as a feature film, albeit not an unenjoyable one.
Beaumont makes a fun P.I. and I always enjoy Edward Brophy! They teamed up in two other of these fun noirs: 'Danger Zone' & 'Roaring City'.
H/B also starred as Mike Shayne in five 'B' noirs, found in his Wiki.
"The pier was deserted as an income tax office on March 16th." The income tax due date was extended a month to April 15th in 1954.
There was some snappy dialogue and I liked Edward Brophy's ability to keep it lively too. Two stories in one. He wasn't born in Virginia, but I believe I read he grew up there or in the south. His southern accent came through more here, than on the TV show; here, he sounded a bit like Randolph Scott, a Virginian.
Dragnet
Sam Spade
Candy Matson
Richard Diamond
Rogues Gallery
Dangerous Assignment
Pete Kelly's Blues
Casey, Crime Photographer
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator....
This movie reminds me of some of the Old Time Radio Detectives shows... in particular "Rogues Gallery" . 15:48 "Professor Shicker" reminds me of "Eugor" an alter ego character from that series. Thanks for the post !
Thanks for uploading these Lippert studio B-pics. Love the stars, Hugh "Daddy" Beaumont. The hard-as-nails Ann Savage remains a particular Cult favourite but her role is disappointingly miniscule. She should have traded roles with Margia Dean, who is still kicking and going on 101.
Detective: "I'm fixing it so you'll have a nice warm chair to sit on". Ha ha ha ha!!!!
@3:55~ "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." (Mat. 23:9) This is but one of many ways catholics depart from Scripture, including to abstain from meat (Fridays), forbid marrying (priests~ and we all know what THAT led to) and worshiping idols.
Acts 10:15 "Do not call anything G-D has made 'unclean'."
After listening to a large number of radio dramas and old movies it's surprising how many of them were not only adapted from radio to screen but how many were then slightly rewritten with different leading characters too.
One story is a video version of "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" (4/2/49) from the radio series "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949) starring Jack Webb, Tudor Owen and Raymond Burr in the main roles portrayed by other actors in the film.
@@johnchance3689 another is jeff reagan too same story rewritten
I didn’t know Hugh made these kind of movies
Film noir: "She was a pushy dame...she had legs that were proud of each other...you know, gams, getaway sticks? She was carrying a torch for some mug by the name of Vinny Molvaney. Vinny was booked to numbers--- didn't need paper or pencil or anything. He also had a face like the back end of a shovel. But, I wasn't there for a beauty contest... I needed answers and it was my job to ask questions; after all, I am a private eye...it says so on the outside of my door. I watched as ghost traffic splashed past...thoughts shrouded in fog going nowhere!"
This movie is filled with classic wisecracks.
Richard Travis, the Police Inspector: I'm arresting you. For loitering around dead bodies.
Visitor: I'm looking for O'Brien. Didn't I see you in the arena with a blonde?
Dennis O'Brien: If I was with a blonde, it would have been in the back row.
After the way Mike Mazurki beat up on Hugh Beaumont, it is no surprise he was never invited to appear on Leave it to Beaver.
Great film😊
Didn't know The Beaver's Pop was a dime novel detective before he married June.
:)
Most amusing. Thanks.
Nice! Thanks
18:30 80 cents in 1950 would be about $10 in the early 2020s.
Ward Cleaver's dark past comes to light.
Is Hugh Beaumont the only one in this movie that does,nt have a gun? But a good little movie. Ward Cleaver always puts on a good show in any movie I have seen him in. Even The Mole People!!
Mr. Cleaver, as a fishing tackle, marine shop owner, who's really a private detective🤔??? I see Mike Murzurki, is in it. He was in alot of comedy's, too.
Very awesome!
Excrutiatingly Poetic.
Hugh was a Methodist Minister. Few knew.
Great movie great cast of actors
It's corny when Bruger lands up unerringly immediately after a murder and accuses the P.I. of murder . The smart quips remind you of Chandler's protagonist who have plenty of time to speak in metaphors and similes .
Hugh Beaumont seemed to alternate between starring in B movies and supporting roles in A movies like The Blue Dahlia and Phone Call from a Stranger.
Thank you 😊 🇬🇧
Edward Brophy sure brought some life to his character 👏
No he didn't.
Thank you.
Baylor School salutes alumnus Hugh Beaumont.👍☑✅✔🏁
the writers had fun with this one
Based on dialogue by Richard L. Breen.
Beaumont will always be Ward Cleaver to me, although his character/performance in "Money Madness" was VERY CREEPY! This film is a DIRECT REMAKE of a plot from the "Pat Novak For Hire" radio series starring Jack Webb. SAME DIALOGUE.
A lesson learned, is that you NEVER turn your back on someone that you are supposed to be watching. Look at what just happened to Hugh Beaumont in this movie.
"Pier 23" was a follow-up to "The Roaring City".
I think he got knocked out four times in that one.
As a big fan of The Day The Earth Stood Still I would have picked Hugh to play Klaatu if Michael Rennie didn’t get the part.
Hugh Beaumont was himself an ordained Methodist minister before he became an actor...just fyi...
He's even narrating 😊
That little shack on the dock on that real estate; would be worth multi millions today! Lol.
Pier 23 still has a funky waterfront bar on it.
@@George-gk5buNo it doesn't.
Nothing in San Fagcisco is worth anything today. That's all past history.
nice movie..........thenx........
Cool to see. I've listened to Jack Webb's radio version of this episode. Like it too.
A class A production. Very smooth. No jumping around like todays trash and no bad jokes. Interesting life this O'Brien character but he better retire soon. Too many concussions.
I wonder if anyone is aware that this show is a direct copy of the radio program that aired from 1946-49 entitled Pat Novak for Hire. The show featured a guy who was a private eye and also ran a boat yard. He had a drunken partner named Jocko Madigan and was also harassed by a cop who was played by Raymond Burr. It was pretty well done and I've listened to many of the episodes here on RUclips.
I love black and white movies and tv shows,,i hugh Beaumont had a very successful career,,last show was emergency,,,,alot people dont know or these actors contracts has a clause in them ,,its were their final show movie will be done once they are due to retire,, almost everyone final will be in a hit tv show ,,hugh was a doctor,,, Hawkeye from mash was a doctor on ER,,,HE HAD DIMENTIA,,TRUE
16 spelling and grammacal errors in your post. You probably should have stayed at least until the end of the year in the 4th grade.
Pat Novak for hire
Exactly! A good copy. Wonder if Jack Webb had a connection.
"....Drop in a suggestion on your way our." That's a good one. 11.00.
Actors get typecast more for their voices than for their faces. Hugh Beaumont could never play a credible heavy because of his voice. His voice is sincere and innocent.
Ted knight played a heavy in noir movies as well...when he was blond
I couldn't believe it. Until I saw him
Not big roles though.
Leslie Nielsen was able to break into comedy
Mr.Cleaver.
This looks like Pat Novak for hire. Private detective by the water front. Has friend that drinks. Pat had Jocko.
Ward's ''bunk mate'' doing a poor WC Fields impersonation.
I don"t think he was trying for that persona.
@@susanfaulkner2304 Me neither. I don't think Hugh Beaumont was trying for the Humphrey Bogart persona, for example. Ed Brophy, as a drunk, was more functional. WC Fields was mainly a sarcastic character who MAY HAVE been drunk. "Any man who hates dogs and children.........................'
So many corny one-liners. I love it!
The Beav’s Dad.
Neat.
yeah, yeah, yeah...😒🙄
Back to a time when you could go to San Francisco without getting robbed.
Hey, what happens to a Wrestler or Boxer if they end up getting beaten to a point where they end up Dead by their opponant?
They get buried, what else?
O'Brien...Beaver and Wally's Dad...Hugh Beaumont
Last line was rather profound...justice started in the ape world.
Alcatraz has become too social ! Get out your compacts fellas , it's a breackout.
Pier 23 Johnny madero merged wit Novak.
Bobby hull, a shot and a goal! Halo from Albania
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Missing fast talk cop Burr as Helman
Hey, if you want a fast talker, how does hard core Broderick Crawford grab ya?
This movie is for entertainment purposes, don't take it too seriously.
Loving this...why does Prof remind me of Popeyes wimpy
23😂😂😂 of course.
Better days in San Francisco.
San Fran was ultra Conservative then.
Today Hugh would be no where near San Fran, he'd be in Fla or Tx.
I think these women's voices in these movies are seductive
OI meu não te falaram não que voce esta no brasil não, aqui se fala portugues
Entertaining but not a great movie. Some of the acting is absolutely hilarious.
what? no beaver? ..........good!
I made it to 20:36, then tapped out. Did anyone endure the whole film?
Tried to keep up with the body count
This is a follow up film to ROARING CITY.
That one has more clever noir lines.
Great looking ladies in that one.
I see Joy Lansing is in this one. Yummy!!
longer than a widow's face at the reading of a poor man's will . (sorry , just carrying on in the movie's spirit of poor dialog .)
@@billsmith1770 ..Colder than a well-driller's ...
uh ..lunch bucket.
Thus far the beginning of this movie and the premise is ridiculous. How does a guy Escape from Alcatraz? how does he get across the water at night and in the fog? how does he get exactly at pier 23? how is he dressed in a overcoat and hat and have a gun? Absolutely absurd!! How does Hugh Beaumont know that he is the right guy if he doesn't know what he looks like, didn't see a picture of him?
It's entertainment, not history. There are tons of flaws and if you enjoy being critical, then it's still entertainment. If you want realism you're stuck in the wrong place - no such thing exists outside of actual events. Even then there's no guarantee
And the similes and metaphors😄
It's a direct copy of the episode "Father Lehey and Joe Feldman" from "Pat Novak for Hire" (1946-1949), written by Richard L. Breen. Like a lot of 40s radio detective noirs, not all the holes are in the dead bodies...
@@johnchance3689 Yeah a lot are in the heads.
I think the characters figured out those are only prop-guns 8:32 29:15 37:57 54:49 Did I miss any?
Lots of clenches make this movie mildly amusing. No more than a grade "C" or 3 out of 5 stars.
the mole people hugh beaumont
Mr clever not sure he pulls this off...i give it a 5
I give your spelling and grammar a O.🦧
Mike Mazurki is always fun and William "King of the Bs" Berke keeps things clicking, but unless you like your Noir in caricature, stick to the real deal.
Yes, have seen many interesting films on yt in which Mike Mazurki appears.
Where's wally, beaver and june?
That's so clever! Nobody in this thread alluded to that until you did.😒🙄🦧
This guy is Bob Dobbs. The slacker. He singlehandedly ended the hat wearing fetish.
He did it before JFK?
@@kathleenking47 ... the pipe smoking is the tell.
These films show Hugh Beaumont at his best. **I wish more people would think of that rather than remembering him only as 'the Beaver's' father. I never liked that series anyway. Barbara Billingsley was charming, Hugh Beaumont was a cool dude, I never liked Tony Dow, and I SERIOUSLY DIDN'T LIKE JERRY MATHERS. That was really a crummy show; like other such series, the lead kid was sickeningly cute, and I do mean sickening. And that just doesn't make it.
I wonder how this got through the production code -- two men, "O'Brien" and "The Professor," sharing sleeping quarters containing only one bed.
This was typical of Beaumont's bread and butter work before his iconic "Ward Cleaver" role six years later. He was 41 years old here and made a living in movies like this as well as promotional/commercial films.
The part of "Ape Danowski" was played by always-working Mike Mazurki (he's 43 years old here) who was a towering 6' 5" tall. Until he pursued acting in 1934, he was professional wrestler "Iron" Mike Mazurki. He specialized in strong-arm/gangster-type roles. He was in dozens of movies in the 40's alone. He was also adept with deadpan comedic roles in movies like "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." He continued acting right up to his death in 1990 at 82 years of age.
Notice at 31:50: "The pier was as deserted as an income tax office on March 16th." This movie was made in 1951 when the tax deadline for federal returns was March 15th. It was changed to today's April 15th in 1955.
The dialog in this movie is pretty cringe-worthy but it was still enjoyable.
Two beds there.
Mike was in the wonderfully awful TV program "Its About Time".
Pat Novak. Storyline
So a cop got shot and killed at this Nubian club earlier in the evening and it's still open as though nothing had happened? This movie is ridiculous!!
Yep
Filmore district?