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He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann.
A resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop is hunted by the police in Los Angeles. The film features semi-documentary style, technical advisor from the LAPD, and the origin of "Dragnet" radio series.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
- 1949-02
Roy Morgan (Richard Basehart) is a burglar who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops. After Morgan kills a police officer, Sergeants Brennan (Scott ...
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- Richard Basehart
- Alfred L. Werker
- Eagle-Lion Films Inc.
Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past,...
- 79 min
- 1.4M
- Timeless Classic Movies
Jan 21, 2018 · "He Walked by Night" is a 1948 police procedural film noir, directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann. The film, shot in semidocumentary to...
- 79 min
- 20.3K
- Chris T
A film noir about a police detective and a criminal who use a radio to communicate. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members who worked on this classic movie.
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Inspired by the true story of Erwin Walker, a WWII hero who turned to crime and terrorized Los Angeles in 1946, He Walked By Night (1948) is a remarkable low budget, film noir thriller that is often overlooked in film studies of this genre. Besides Richard Basehart's chilling performance as a meticulous thief of electronics equipment who ...
