Characters & Themes
Pier 23 (1951) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1951 · 58 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Berke
- Starring
- Edward Brophy, Ann Savage, Jack Gordon, Mike Mazurki, Richard Travis, David Bruce
Detective Dennis O’Brien, played by Hugh Beaumont, returns in Lippert Productions’ mystery filmed as two half‑hour TV episodes. Set in San Francisco, O’Brien investigates a wrestler’s sudden heart attack after the fighter refuses to lose a match, then helps a priest persuade an escaped convict to surrender and return to prison.
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