Watch Johnny O'Clock (1947) Free Online

Release Date: 1947

Cast: Thomas Gomez, Dick Powell, Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Crime Fiction, Film noir, Black-and-white

Johnny O'Clock (1947) is an American crime film noir written and directed by Robert Rossen, based on a story by Milton Holmes. The drama features Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, and Lee J. Cobb. Harriet Hobson (Nina Foch), a hat-check girl at an illegal gambling casino, apparently commits suicide using gas. Her sister Nancy (Evelyn Keyes) shows up and becomes attracted to Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell), a junior partner in the gambling den. They eventually learn from Police Inspector Koch (Lee J. Cobb) that Harriet was killed by poison. Harriet was dating Chuck Blayden (Jim Bannon), a crooked cop... MORE

Johnny O'Clock (1947) is an American crime film noir written and directed by Robert Rossen, based on a story by Milton Holmes. The drama features Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, and Lee J. Cobb. Harriet Hobson (Nina Foch), a hat-check girl at an illegal gambling casino, apparently commits suicide using gas. Her sister Nancy (Evelyn Keyes) shows up and becomes attracted to Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell), a junior partner in the gambling den. They eventually learn from Police Inspector Koch (Lee J. Cobb) that Harriet was killed by poison. Harriet was dating Chuck Blayden (Jim Bannon), a crooked cop who is trying to persuade Johnny's longtime partner, Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez), to let him take Johnny's place. When Blayden also turns up dead, Koch suspects that either Johnny or Marchettis is responsible. Though Johnny tries to resist, little by little, he falls for Nancy. Meanwhile, Marchettis's wife Nelle (Ellen Drew) is still in love with her former boyfriend, Johnny. When Marchettis finds out, he tries to have his rival killed, but Johnny survives. Johnny decides to leave town with Nancy, but not before cashing in his share of the casino. When Marchettis objects, they shoot it out; LESS