He Walked By Night (Special Edition) (Blu-ray)

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  • Run Time: 1 hours, 19 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: November 7, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1948
  • Label: ClassicFlix

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User Ratings: 456
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
May 1, 2006
Rating: 9/10 -- One of the most nasty-minded, brutal dramas in a genre noted for - practically defined by - its overwhelming nihilism. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Feb 9, 2009
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. Full Review
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Apr 4, 2019
A visual high point of film noir. Full Review
Classic Film and Television
Aug 9, 2007
Rating: A -- Stylishly presented. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Apr 30, 2004
This is one of my favorite films noir, made on the cheap at Eagle-Lion Films. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Jun 5, 2009

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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.

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