An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| William Lundigan | ... | Police Lt. Harry Grant | |
| Dorothy Patrick | ... | Ann Gorman | |
| Jeff Corey | ... | Police Sgt. Art Collins | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Benny | |
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Charles D. Brown | ... | Police Insp. Mulvaney |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Overbeck | |
| Edwin Max | ... | Charlie Roy aka The Judge | |
| Frank Ferguson | ... | J.C. McGill | |
| Marlo Dwyer | ... | Waitress | |
| Archie Twitchell | ... | Dixon (as Michael Branden) | |
| Douglas Spencer | ... | Phony Judge | |
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For six months, a strangler has terrorized the city. Calling himself The Judge, he's a self-appointed destroyer of 'evil' who only strikes on rainy nights. Police Lieut. Harry Grant is obsessed with catching him but has failed so far, despite varied clues. And now Harry is further hampered by attractive tabloid reporter Ann Gorman dogging his footsteps. Compactly crafted film with some effective thrills. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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bare chested male | reference to jack the ripper | reference to bluebeard | police partner | police procedural |Taglines:
Police baffled by the FACELESS KILLER!Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
14 July 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Follow Me Quietly See more »Filming Locations:
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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According to an article in the June 28, 1948 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Kent Smith was announced as the male lead in this picture. See more »Goofs
When Ann Gorman is speaking with Police Sgt. Art Collins; there is a man sitting on the stool on the right side of Collins. But on the next immediate cut; no one is sitting there. See more »Quotes
J.C. McGill: I always wanted to throw something out of that window. Ha, I didn't know it would be me.See more »
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I saw this film when I was 10 years old and it has haunted me all my life. At first I could only remember a guy waiting in a room for someone to come back, but then there was the idea of a crazy murderer who goes bizerk when it rains and then the memory of all these dummies in the police station and the murderer gets in there somehow, I don;t know how, but as he is in the room someone comes in, a policeman, just to check out the dummies and the murderer goes and sits in a chair so he won't be discovered because he looks like all the other dummies that are sitting there, and as he is sitting he is facing a window...and we see that it is beginning to rain...and there is a close up of his hand gripping the arm of the chair...all this is from my memory of the film as a 10-year old - when I managed to discover what the film was with the use of IMDb and got a video and looked at it - it all seemed pretty harmless stuff - I saw the film in a little cinema in Shaftesbury Dorset with my brother. My parents left us there and had no idea what the film was. The memory of the American streets, and the cars and the black and white quality have all stayed with me...