He Walked By Night
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Time Out says
Minor but taut thriller in the semi-documentary vein so popular in the second half of the '40s, about detectives tracking down thief-turned-cop killer Basehart (and making much play with the new Identikit methods). The fact that Anthony Mann had an uncredited hand in the direction may have something to do with the successful creation of a tense atmosphere, although most notable is the superb noir photography by John Alton, who really comes into his own during the final chase through the LA sewers. Basehart is excellent as the strange, lone wolf electronics expert/killer, an enigmatic threat haunting the paranoid dreams of the witch-hunting era.Author: GA
Release details
UK release:
1949
Duration:
79 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Whit Bissell, Roy Roberts, Scott Brady, Richard Basehart, Jack Webb
Music:
Art Director:
Clarence Steensen, Armor Marlowe, Edward Ilou
Editor:
Cinematography:
Screenwriter:
Harry Essex, Crane Wilbur, John C Higgins
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