LA Movies

711 Ocean Drive

Helmed by Joseph Newman, this 1950 "noir-syndicate" film starring Edmond O'Brien, is packed with location footage: Gilmore Field (then home to the Pacific Coast League Hollywood Stars), beaches, local racetracks, a drive-in restaurant, and driving footage (rear projection plates?) of Santa Barbara (now King Boulevard)! Lastly, the rousing climactic chase/holdout/shoot 'em up is shot--in fine style by Franz Planer--at the Hoover Dam.