He Walked by Night (1949)
1h 19m
Running Time
February 6, 1949Release Date
He Walked by Night (1949)
1h 19m
Running Time
February 6, 1949Release Date
Plot.
Roy Morgan 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 and Jones have little success in putting the clues of the case together. But when Jones is wounded in a shoot-out with Morgan, Brennan employs all facets of detective work, including forensics and informants, to find the elusive and clever criminal.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Basehart
Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
Scott Brady
Police Sgt. Marty Brennan
Roy Roberts
Police Captain Breen
Whit Bissell
Paul Reeves
James Cardwell
Police Sgt. Chuck Jones
Jack Webb
Lee Whitey
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Pete Hammond
Dorothy Adams
Milk Customer
Jane Adams
Nurse Scanion (uncredited)
Jack Bailey
Witness in Pajamas and Robe (uncredited)
Alma Beltran
Miss Montalvo (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Detective with Capt. Breen (uncredited)
Dolores Castelli
Witness (uncredited)
George Chan
Chinese Suspect (uncredited)
Garrett Craig
Patrolman (uncredited)
John Dehner
Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Young Hoodlum (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Patrolman (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Spanish-Speaking Detective (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Freddie (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Doctor (uncredited)
Tim Graham
Uniformed Sergeant (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Suspect (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Dunning (uncredited)
Peter Hobbes
Milkman (uncredited)
Virginia Hunter
Miss Smith (uncredited)
Felice Ingersoll
Records Clerk (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Artist (uncredited)
Louise Kane
Mrs. Rawlins (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly
Redhead (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Mailman (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Policeman (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Detective with Harry (uncredited)
Billy Mauch
Handsome (uncredited)
John McGuire
Officer Robert Rawlins (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Hollywood Police Official (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
Miss Montavio (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Detective (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Lt. Greeson (uncredited)
James Nolan
Harry (uncredited)
John Parrish
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Detective (uncredited)
John Perri
Young Hoodlum (uncredited)
Paul Scardon
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey
Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
Wally Vernon
Postman (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Police Operator 27 (uncredited)
Mary Ware
Reeves' Secretary (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Crane Wilbur
Screenplay / Story
John C. Higgins
Screenplay
Alfred DeGaetano
Editor
Robert Kane
Producer
Bryan Foy
Producer
John Alton
Director of Photography
Alfred L. Werker
Director
Harry Essex
Additional Dialogue
Leonid Raab
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 6, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
man hunt
noir
cop-killer
police
los angeles
murder investigation
lapd
dragnet
storm drain
police procedural
Wiki.
He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann. The film, shot in a semidocumentary tone, is loosely based on the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker, a former Glendale, California police department employee and World War II veteran who unleashed a crime spree of burglaries, robberies and shootouts in the Los Angeles area between 1945 and 1946.
During production, actor Jack Webb met the film's police technical advisor Marty Wynn and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio program Dragnet, which later became the first modern police television drama.
He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films. The film is notable for its camerawork by renowned film noir cinematographer John Alton.
Today the film is in the public domain.
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