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Officer O'Brien (1930)

Officer O'Brien poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
crime, drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young lawman tries to balance his job with a budding romance. He gets caught up in chasing criminals and dealing with a rival.

fast-pacedlightheartedwittyplayfulbrisktonally mixeddated

What happens

Officer O'Brien is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy crime film directed by Tay Garnett and starring William Boyd, Ernest Torrence and Dorothy Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. It was one of the last films produced by Pathé Exchange before it was fully merged into RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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