Release Date: 1951-05-11
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.222 / 10
Hugh Beaumont
as Dennis O'Brien
Ann Savage
as Ann Harmon
Edward Brophy
as Prof. Shicker
Richard Travis
as Police Inspector Lt. Bruger
Margia Dean
as Flo Klingle
William Berke - Director
Herb Margolis - Story
Julian Harmon - Screenplay
Lou Morheim - Story
Victor West - Screenplay
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...