New York gambling house operator Johnny O'Clock is junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis and Chuck Blayden, a crooked cop. But Blayden is trying to cut into the casino's profits and warns Johnny not to interfere with his intention of becoming Marchettis' full partner. Blayden ends his relationship with coat check girl Harriet Hobson, then disappears. Later, Harriet is found dead in her apartment, apparently from suicide. Police Inspector Koch begins an investi... (Full plot summary below)
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New York gambling house operator Johnny O'Clock is junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis and Chuck Blayden, a crooked cop. But Blayden is trying to cut into the casino's profits and warns Johnny not to interfere with his intention of becoming Marchettis' full partner. Blayden ends his relationship with coat check girl Harriet Hobson, then disappears. Later, Harriet is found dead in her apartment, apparently from suicide. Police Inspector Koch begins an investigation.He questions Johnny, Harriet's sister Nancy, who is infatuated with Johnny, and Johnny's associate, Charlie. When Blayden's body turns up in a nearby river, and when it is learned that Harriet death wasn't suicide but murder by poison, Johnny and Marchettis become prime suspects in both cases.To make matters worse, Pete Marchettis discovers that his wife Nelle may be having an affair with Johnny. Out of jealousy, he sends hired gunmen to kill Johnny in a drive-by shooting while Johnny is driving Nancy to the airport. Johnny, now certain that Marchettis has betrayed him, goes to the casino to end their business partnership.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe protagonist, Dick Powell, seems more like a stuffed shirt. |
| User ReviewRobert BJohnny O'Clock (1647) Here's another great, hard-boiled Dick Powell movie with a fine script. He's in good form as gambler, Johnny O'Clock (is that supposed to be an Irish name?). Johnny is partners in a casino with Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez) who's beautiful Wife, Nelle (Ellen Drew), still holds a torch for Johnny. The feeling isn't mutual with Johnny, who feels that was over a long time ago. Guido is also being squeezed by "bad cop" Chuck Blayden (Jim Bannon) who is also using & abusing the naive hat check girl, Harriet Hobbs (Nina Foch), who Johnny is trying to protect. Things really go south when Inspector Koch (Lee J. Cobb) finds poor Harriet dead in her apartment of an apparent suicide, but Koch is wise to that. Nina's beautiful Sister, Nancy (Evelyn Keyes) comes into town to pick up her sister's things and find out what really happened, and the sparks fly between her and Johnny. This movie has a nice cameo with Jeff Chandler who plays a visiting gambler named Turk. |
| User ReviewKevin RDo you mind if I laugh in your face? In an underground gambling casino led by gangsters a woman mysteriously dies leading to her sister coming to the casino and poking around. She falls in love with Johnny O'Clock, the gang leader's muscle. Johnny makes plans to settle down with the girl but he may find getting out of the gang harder than he anticipated. "Come here." "I've been there." Robert Rosen, director of All the Kings Men, The Hustler, The Roaring Twenties, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, and Island in the Sun, delivers Johnny O'Clock. The storyline for this picture is fairly straightforward but contains interesting characters and an old school murder mystery plot. The cast delivers solid performances and includes Lee Cobb, Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Ellen Drew, and Nina Foch. "If you get in my way, I'll kill you." "You took the words right out of my mouth." I came across this movie on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and thought the plot sounded interesting and decided to DVR this old school picture. The movie was okay and worth following but wasn't an all time great or contained enough unique elements to truly standout in the genre. Overall, this is worth a viewing if nothing else is on. "All you ever think about is yourself." "You and me both." Grade: C+/B- |
| User ReviewJohn GDecent noir with a fine cast but Powell seems disengaged in the lead. He doesn't ruin the picture but it would have been a stronger film with Mitchum or Kirk Douglas in the lead. |
| User ReviewAllan COkay noir tale of tough guy Dick Powell caught up in murder. I have never bought Powell as a tough guy in any film, even in the excellent "Murder, My Sweet", but the rest of the cast is solid and the film is stylish directed by Robert Rossen, in his film debut, which makes the film more entertaining than the average script deserves. |
| User ReviewThomas BA corny semi-gangster movie of a noncommittal unlikable "lady's man" Dick Powell as Johnny O clock. Dick Powell isn't the right for this part. A Humphrey Bogart or a James Cagney would have made this a better and more memorial movie. Ps: this movie is the bases for the movie "Johnny dangerously" a comedy in the early 80's with Michael Keaton. |
