Between Midnight and Dawn

1950. USA. Directed by Gordon Douglas. Screenplay by Eugene Ling. With Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm. In Douglas's noirish gangland drama, O'Brien plays an embittered patrol-car cop seeking to break up an underworld syndicate and avenge the murder of his partner. The film, which depicts in pseudo-documentary style a restaurant bombing and wild car chase on L.A.'s mean streets, ushered in a decade of Cold War crime movies. Preserved by Sony Pictures Entertainment. 89 min.