Officer O'Brien (1930)
1h 12m
Running Time
February 15, 1930Release Date
Officer O'Brien (1930)
1h 12m
Running Time
February 15, 1930Release Date
Plot.
Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who loves Bill, is concerned when her brother, Johnny, who witnessed the murder, proposes to testify against the racketeer. Meanwhile, Captain Antrim informs Bill that his father has just been released from prison and does not know his son is a policeman. On the way from prison, O'Brien (J. P.) meets Limo, a former cockney pal who recognizes Bill and keeps J. P. from seeing his son; later, J. P. arrives intoxicated and is enraged, forcing Bill to knock him unconscious. J. P. is arrested for robbery but returns the loot to save his son from disgrace; Johnny is killed before testifying against Patello, who is released but confronted by J. P., who proves his guilt and, when he struggles with the police, kills him. Bill plans to resign, but confident of Ruth's love, he decides to remain on the force.
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Cast & Crew.
William Boyd
Bill O'Brien
Ernest Torrence
John P. O'Brien
Russell Gleason
Johnny Dale
Dorothy Sebastian
Ruth Dale
Clyde Cook
Charlie 'Limo' Lewis
Ralf Harolde
Mike Patello
Tay Garnett
Director
Arthur Housman
Tony Zurick
Media.
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This Movie Is About.
gangster
Wiki.
Officer O'Brien is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy crime film directed by Tay Garnett and starring William Boyd, Ernest Torrence and Dorothy Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. It was one of the last films produced by Pathé Exchange before it was fully merged into RKO Pictures.