A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. When the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
Audio commentary with Glenn Kenny on '711 Ocean Drive'
The Guardian Interview with Ernest Borgnine (2001): archival audio recording
Ernest Borgnine in Conversation (2009): archival video recording
The End of the Affair: archival interview with Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford
Swedes in America (1943): Irving Lerner's Oscar-nominated short film, presented by Ingrid Bergman
Diary of a Sergeant (1945): Joseph M. Newman's documentary portrait of Harold Russell
The Steps of Age (1950): dramatised documentary, written and directed by Ben Maddow Caribbean (1951): documentary account of life and culture in the West Indies, British Guiana, and British Honduras
The Senate Crime Investigations (1951): extracts from the US senate committee's hearings into organised crime that would influence many noirs
Original theatrical trailers
Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included in this set
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