This film, which seems like two episodes of what would have been a very enjoyable early television series, has great hard-boiled narration from Hugh Beaumont as a private eye trolling on the edges of respectability. In the late 1950s a more sophisticated version of his Dennis O'Brien character would arrive on television in the form of Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn. The director, William Berke, working on virtually a non-existent budget, has squeezed terrific performances out of Beaumont and a supporting cast that worked for peanuts but succeeded in creating a small gem of a motion picture. Enjoy.
Review of Pier 23
