Officer O'Brien
Cast & Crew
Tay Garnett
William Boyd
Ernest Torrence
Dorothy Sebastian
Russell Gleason
Clyde Cook
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Synopsis
Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who loves Bill, is concerned when her brother, Johnny, who witnessed the murder, proposes to testify against the racketeer. Meanwhile, Captain Antrim informs Bill that his father has just been released from prison and does not know his son is a policeman. On the way from prison, O'Brien (J. P.) meets Limo, a former cockney pal who recognizes Bill and keeps J. P. from seeing his son; later, J. P. arrives intoxicated and is enraged, forcing Bill to knock him unconscious. J. P. is arrested for robbery but returns the loot to save his son from disgrace; Johnny is killed before testifying against Patello, who is released but confronted by J. P., who proves his guilt and, when he struggles with the police, kills him. Bill plans to resign, but confident of Ruth's love, he decides to remain on the force.
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Director
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Tay Garnett
Cast
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William Boyd
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Ernest Torrence
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Dorothy Sebastian
Russell Gleason
Clyde Cook
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Ralf Harolde
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Arthur Housman
Paul Hurst
Tom Maloney
Toyo Fujita
Crew
Ralph Block
Thomas Buckingham
Thomas Buckingham
Thomas Buckingham
Theodore Dickson
Robert Fellows
Robert Grey
Edward Jewell
Robert Mccrellis
Arthur Miller
Jack Ogilvie
Harold Stine
Gwen Wakeling
Earl A. Wolcott
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