711 Ocean Drive
6.8
“Expose of the $8,000,000,000 gambling syndicate and its hoodlum empire!”
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
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Cast
41 people
Edmond O'Brien
Mal Granger
Known for
The Killers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Joanne Dru
Gail Mason
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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Otto Kruger
Carl Stephans
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High Noon
Dracula's Daughter
Barry Kelley
Vince Walters
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The Asphalt Jungle
The Manchurian Candidate
Dorothy Patrick
Trudy Maxwell
Known for
House by the River
Violent Saturday
Don Porter
Larry Mason
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She-Wolf of London
The Candidate
Howard St. John
Lieutenant Pete Wright
Known for
Strangers on a Train
One, Two, Three
Robert Osterloh
Gizzi
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
White Heat
Sammy White
Chippie Evans
Known for
Pat and Mike
The Bad and the Beautiful
Fred Aldrich
Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Known for
Johnny O'Clock
Wake of the Red Witch
Phillip Barnes
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Also in
The Velvet Touch
The Desert Hawk
Jay Barney
Detective Carter (uncredited)
Also in
The Killing Fields
Blueprint for Robbery
Joseph M. Newman Director · Richard English Writer Francis Swann Writer
United States release July 1, 1950 · Produced in United States · Production Frank Seltzer Productions, Columbia Pictures
Production
Essaness Productions
Production
Frank Seltzer Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 1, 1950
Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 25, 1951 · Theatrical
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