He Walked By Night (Special Edition) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 19 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: November 7, 2017
- Originally Released: 1948
- Label: ClassicFlix
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Richard Basehart, Scott Brady & Jack Webb | |
Performer: | Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell & James Cardwell | |
Directed by | Alfred L. Werker | |
Screenplay by | Crane Wilbur & John C. Higgins | |
Composition by | Leonid Raab | |
Story by | Crane Wilbur | |
Produced by | Bryan Foy & Robert T. Kane | |
Director of Photography: | John Alton |
Entertainment Reviews:
The credits indicate Alfred L. Werker only, but this thriller is of a piece with the noir circle of T-Men and Raw Deal, courtesy of an uncredited Anthony Mann.
Slant Magazine
Rating: 9/10 --
One of the most nasty-minded, brutal dramas in a genre noted for - practically defined by - its overwhelming nihilism.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Producer Bryan Foy, using the crisp documentary way of telling a true story, gives his characters an easy treatment, and leavens his action with economic touch of humor.
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Daily Telegraph (Australia)
A visual high point of film noir.
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Classic Film and Television
Rating: A --
Stylishly presented.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This is one of my favorite films noir, made on the cheap at Eagle-Lion Films.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Newly remastered and beautifully restored. First time on Blu-ray.
When a Los Angeles police officer is savagely gunned down, a city-wide manhunt ensues for his cunning and ruthless killer.
But finding the murderer, chillingly played by Richard Basehart in only his third film, proves difficult for Detective Marty Brennan (Scott Brady) and his colleagues as Basehart’s Roy Morgan is always one step ahead of the law. Will modern police methods and sheer determination be enough to find the elusive cop-killer before he strikes again?
Visually stunning, cinematographer John Alton’s brilliant use of light and shadows shine in this groundbreaking police procedural that paved the way for the TV series Dragnet; which itself spawned an entire sub-genre of television crime-dramas that are still popular to this day.
Based on true events, He Walked by Night was directed by Alfred L. Werker, along with an uncredited Anthony Mann (who is believed to be responsible for the film’s most iconic scenes). Co-written by John C. Higgins (Raw Deal) and Crane Wilbur (The Phenix City Story), it also features Jack Webb who went on to create and star in the aforementioned Dragnet.
When a Los Angeles police officer is savagely gunned down, a city-wide manhunt ensues for his cunning and ruthless killer.
But finding the murderer, chillingly played by Richard Basehart in only his third film, proves difficult for Detective Marty Brennan (Scott Brady) and his colleagues as Basehart’s Roy Morgan is always one step ahead of the law. Will modern police methods and sheer determination be enough to find the elusive cop-killer before he strikes again?
Visually stunning, cinematographer John Alton’s brilliant use of light and shadows shine in this groundbreaking police procedural that paved the way for the TV series Dragnet; which itself spawned an entire sub-genre of television crime-dramas that are still popular to this day.
Based on true events, He Walked by Night was directed by Alfred L. Werker, along with an uncredited Anthony Mann (who is believed to be responsible for the film’s most iconic scenes). Co-written by John C. Higgins (Raw Deal) and Crane Wilbur (The Phenix City Story), it also features Jack Webb who went on to create and star in the aforementioned Dragnet.