Pier 23 (movie)
- User score: 5.2
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: William Berke
- Production companies: Sigmund Neufeld Productions
- Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Release date: 5/11/1951
- Run time: 58 min.
Movie description
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.
