He Walked by Night (1948)
Genre: Filmnoir / Thriller
Duration: 78 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Alfred L. Werker
Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady and Roy Roberts
IMDb score:
7,0 (7.432)
Releasedate: 6 February 1949
He Walked by Night plot
"Savage TRUTH! Stronger than Fiction!"
A mass murderer and super thief steals electronic devices from shops and department stores. It is a mystery to the police how he manages to remain unseen.
Actors and actresses
Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
Police Sgt. Marty Brennan
Police Captain Breen
Paul Reeves
Police Sgt. Chuck Jones
Lee Whitey
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pete Hammond
Dunning
Milk Customer
Reviews & comments
as
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- 3548 messages
- 5932 votes
Great noir but not entirely convincing with that quasi documentary voice over. Unnecessary and superfluous.
Nice pictures, quite atmospheric here and there but otherwise somewhat uncertainly delivered. As a nocturnal manhunt film, it does not quite manage to maintain the tension in a further sober running time of 80 min. Nice and entertaining but nothing special.
3*en
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
After Hollywood's much-maligned glorification of criminals in the 1930s, it was no wonder that it tried to right the wrongs in later years with films that showed the police at their most heroic. As Reed Hadley's reverent, sonorous voice-over repeatedly emphasizes, this story is a faithful reconstruction of the manhunt for a man [Richard Baseheart] who shot a police officer and then cleverly misled the police for a long time. The film provides a fascinating insight into the workings of the police, with a lot of attention to information gathering, interrogation techniques and of course the way in which the police try to lure the target into a trap. This can sometimes seem a bit contrived, such as when the police gather a group of eyewitnesses and gradually manage to get a good description, but the film is never dull. Baseheart is also excellent as the cunning, ruthless killer.
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wihu61
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- 1011 messages
- 540 votes
I found it very entertaining, especially the last 20 minutes. Wouldn't "the third man" have looked askance at this?
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