Back Ordre: Caça sense treva Catalan He Walked By Night Welsh Schritte in der Nacht (1948) German Orden: Caza sin cuartel Spanish He Walked by Night Basque Il marchait dans la nuit French Egli camminava nella notte Italian He Walked by Night Dutch He Walked by Night Portuguese Он бродил по ночам Russian
| He Walked by Night | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker Anthony Mann (uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | John C. Higgins Crane Wilbur |
| Story by | Crane Wilbur |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy Robert Kane |
| Starring | Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Jack Webb Whit Bissell |
| Cinematography | John Alton |
| Edited by | Alfred DeGaetano |
| Music by | Leonid Raab |
Production company | Bryan Foy Productions |
| Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4]
He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films. The film is notable for its camerawork by renowned film noir cinematographer John Alton.[5]
Today the film is in the public domain.[6]
- ^ Hartl, John (November 14, 1996). "Home Movies". San Francisco Examiner. Accessed Jun 9, 2020.
- ^ Crazy Like A Fox, Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1947.
- ^ Man Continues to Fight Police Despite Wounds, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 1946.
- ^ Jones, J.R. (August 24, 2017). "How Dragnet became a PR coup for law enforcement". Accessed: June 9, 2020.
- ^ He Walked by Night at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ "Public Domain". Profilms. Peter Rodgers Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2024.