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The Great O’Malley (1937) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 71 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Dieterle
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Granville Bates, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill, Frank Reicher
A bleak drama set in 1930s New York follows a callous police sergeant whose harsh actions entangle an out‑of‑work factory worker (Humphrey Bogart) and his ailing daughter. Their suffering forces a stubborn Irish cop (Pat O’Brien) to confront his own loyalties and the limits of justice, probing corruption, poverty and the possibility of redemption amid a grim urban landscape.
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