# Red O'Leary — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Red O'Leary in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Red, O'Leary

**First appearance:** 0004-bodies-piled-up

## Who they are

Red O'Leary has a big fist, a short fuse, and a girl he wants out of the room before the trouble he keeps inviting finally arrives.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xii)

Found at the ranch with a bandaged head and arm in a sling, reports that the ranch hands drove off Big Nacio's men.

### [The Big Knock-Over](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/the-big-knock-over)

Large red-haired gunman at Larrouy's dive; with Bluepoint Vance and Nancy Regan.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as one of the individuals the agency has no records on.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v)

Subject of the investigation; Sylvia Yount leaves a note for him at a hotel.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii)

Arrested but released due to alibis.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii)

Target of the stakeout; meets Nancy Regan at Larrouy's and is surrounded by men who believe he cheated them in a bank robbery.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix)

Confronts Bluepoint Vance, punches him, rescues Nancy Regan.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x)

Clears a path during the escape, fires shots through the door, becomes jealous of Jack's flirtation with the girl, punches Jack, and then challenges the Op to a fight.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xi)

Shot by the Op, wounded but still mobile; initially insists on returning to his hotel but is persuaded to hide at a Holly Park address.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xii)

Wounded in the back during a gang attack; brought to Big Flora's house for emergency bullet removal.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiii)

Enters the kitchen half-naked and armed; recalls dreaming the Op shot him; eager for a fight.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiv)

Brought into the cellar naked except for pants and bandage; knocked unconscious by the Op.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xv)

Captured and turned over to police.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i)

Referenced as one of Papadopoulos's lieutenants who betrayed him.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as the red-haired giant who escorted Ann Newhall and is tied to the Seamen's National and Golden Gate Trust jobs.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/characters