He Walked by Night (1948)
- Directed by
- Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
- Genre
- film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 107 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A career criminal eludes police after a series of burglaries and shootouts in Los Angeles. The cops use investigation and surveillance to track him down.
noirgrimtenseproceduralurbansuspensefulgrittycool-toned
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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