Movie · 1950
711 Ocean Drive
“Expose of the $8,000,000,000 gambling syndicate and its hoodlum empire!”
Released 1 July 1950 102 min Crime More from 1950 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
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How old were they?
Otto Kruger
as Carl Stephans
Hank Mann
as Counterman (uncredited)
Sammy White
as Chippie Evans
Gail Bonney
as Chippie's Date (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
as Bookie (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
as Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Howard St. John
as Lieutenant Pete Wright
Walter Sande
as Auto Repair Mechanic (uncredited)
Barry Kelley
as Vince Walters
Don Porter
as Larry Mason
Jay Barney
as Detective Carter (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
as Mal Granger
Robert Osterloh
as Gizzi
Bert Freed
as Steve Marshak (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
as Trudy Maxwell
Joanne Dru
as Gail Mason
Phillip Barnes
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Dae
as Pop (uncredited)
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The numbers
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Otto Kruger — oldest on the call sheet
28Joanne Dru — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast