Rent Johnny O'Clock (1947)
3.5 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy (Evelyn Keyes), looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell), a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
- Actors:
- Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew, Nina Foch, Thomas Gomez, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Mabel Paige, Phil Brown, Fred Aldrich, George Alesko, John P. Barrett, Fred Beecher, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Paul Bradley, Jeff Chandler, Gene Delmont, Johnny Duncan
- Directors:
- Robert Rossen
- Producers:
- Jerry Giesler, Edward G. Nealis
- Writers:
- Robert Rossen, Milton Holmes
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/05/2021
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Jim Hemphill on 'Johnny O'Clock'
- Pulp Paranoia: Christopher Nolan on film noir
- The Poised Performance: Pamela Hutchinson on the career of Nina Foch
- Categorically Dependable: Kim Newman on the films of Gordon Douglas
- Hymn of the Nations (1944): documentary produced and edited by Lerner featuring Arturo Toscanini, presented complete and uncut
- The Cummington Story (1945): documentary produced by Lerner featuring the music of Aaron Copland
- Three Lives (1953): short film reuniting the writers, director and lead actor of 'The Sniper'
- Not One Shall Die (1957): short film made by the core crew members of numerous Columbia noirs Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included in this set
- World premieres on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of Johnny O'Clock
Stylish film noir with a terrific script - Johnny O'Clock review by RS
Not everyone will be impressed with this stylish noir directed by the great Robert Rossen. It’s essentially a dance around between Dick Powell, a tough self assured hoodlum and Lee J Cob’s determined cop. Some my find the action rather dull. It’s strength lies in and a tight script full of hard boiled noir dialogue and fine performances, especially from the leads.
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