Hugh Beaumont is adequate here as private investigator "O'Brien" in this really rather procedural crime drama. Indeed, it comes across as two separate episodes rather clunky joined together. What does link the themes though, is that he always seems to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and usually ends up trying to convince folks that he isn't the criminal that all fingers seem to want to point to. This rather dry feature sees him embroiled in a wrestling cover-up for a murder which is completely devoid of jeopardy because that story concludes with half an hour to go! The next…
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Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Cast
Hugh BeaumontDennis O'Brien
Ann SavageAnn Harmon
Edward BrophyProf. Shicker
Richard TravisPolice Inspector Lt. Bruger
Margia DeanFlo Klingle
Mike MazurkiApe Danowski
David BruceCharles Giffen
Raymond GreenleafFather Donovan
Eve MillerNorma Harmon
Harry HaydenDr. Earl J. Tomkins
Joi LansingThe Cocktail Waitress
Peter MamakosNick GarrisonMedia
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Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a …
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