Edmond O’Brien

… starring such genre icons as Edmond O’Brien, Vincent Price, Ella Raines, and William Bendix; Gordon handled its convoluted plot with facility. But instead of continuing in that vein, he was handed the prestige project Another Part of the Forest (1948), playwright Lillian Hellman’s prequel to The Little Foxes (1941), with…

…and Rio Grande (1952)—all starring Edmond O’Brien. But The War of the Worlds (1953) was an exceptional version of the H.G. Wells novel about a Martian invasion, with Oscar-winning special effects by George Pal (who also produced the film). His Majesty O’Keefe (1954) starred Lancaster as a sea captain swordfighting…

…two friends (Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O’Brien) who, while on a fishing trip, pick up a stranded man (William Talman) only to discover that he is a psychopath wanted for murder. The film earned acclaim, and it is considered to be the only noir made by a woman. After Lupino…

(1950), a noir that offered Edmond O’Brien as a businessman slowly dying of poison who is racing against the clock to find out who wanted to kill him and why. D.O.A. is a model of stylish suspense made on a low budget.

…accountant Frank Bigelow (played by Edmond O’Brien) walks into a police station to report his own murder. A few days earlier, he had left his girlfriend for a weekend of relaxation in San Francisco. While in a jazz club, someone switches his drink. The next day Bigelow discovers that he…

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…actually an undercover agent (Edmond O’Brien)—escape from prison. After Jarrett’s gang decides to rob a chemical factory, the agent alerts the police to their plans. In the ensuing gunfight, Jarrett becomes cornered atop an oil-refinery tank. He screams, “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” as he unloads his…