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Title: He Walked by Night (1948)
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| Richard Basehart | ... | ||
| Scott Brady | ... | ||
| Roy Roberts | ... | ||
| Whit Bissell | ... | ||
| James Cardwell | ... | ||
| Jack Webb | ... | ||
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In the Post-World War II, in Los Angeles, a criminal shots and kills a police officer in the middle of the night. Without any leads, the chief of the LAPD assigns Sgt. Chuck Jones and Sgt. Marty Brennan to investigate the murder and apprehend the culprits. When the dealer of electronics devices, Paul Reeves, is caught selling a stolen projector, the police identifies the criminal, and connects him to other unsolved robberies. Using the witnesses of his heists, they draw their face, but the true identity of the smart and intelligent criminal is not disclosed. The perseverance of Sgt. Marty Brennan in his investigation gives a clue where he might live. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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USARelease Date:
10 May 1949 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
The L.A. Investigator See more »Filming Locations:
United States Post Office Hollywood Station - 1615 Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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The subterranean chase scenes in this film convinced a Warner Bros. executive to use the storm drain tunnels under Los Angeles for the climactic scenes in Them! (1954). That film's original story idea to have the giant ants invade New York City's subway system was scuttled partly due to budget constraints, but mainly because of the horrified reaction of NYC transportation secretary William J. Daley to such a suggestion. See more »Goofs
A revolver ejects its spent casings only if the shooter does so manually, which Richard Baseheart didn't do, therefore the police could not have even had them to compare with the fired casings from the automatic. An even bigger blunder was the photo comparing the two fired shells, they were clearly marked .380 auto, an entirely different round than the .38 special or .45 auto that the police claimed were fired from the same gun. So now there were three different guns used to create this technical error. In addition, when Jack Webb shows his blow-up photos, all three ejector markings are in the precise same location on the cartridge head, a statistical impossibility. In fact, all three are blow-ups of one photograph. See more »Quotes
Narrator: [referring to the composite sketch] They showed that picture to the inmates of jails and prisons, to men with a wide acquaintance among the cat burglars and the violence boys. Informers and con men and sharpshooters were quizzed. Those on the fringe of crime and those deep in the rackets. Many wanted to help; nobody could. No one in the underworld recognized that mysterious face. He was as unknown as if he had lived in the 16th Century.See more »
This film was full of veteran actors, Richard Basehart,(Roy Martin/Roy Morgan; Scott Brady(Sgt.Marty Brennan) brother of former film star,Lawrence Tierney "Dillinger". Jack Webb, was very young and thin in this picture, he was married to Julie London who starred in the film,"The Red House" with Edward G. Robinson. Jack Webb used all the equipment they had in the 1948's and even had some good CSI theories as a Crime Lab expert. This 1948 keeps you spellbound and keeps you guessing throughout the entire picture. The black and white film makes it even more chilling and mysterious. View it if you can, you won't be sorry!