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He Walked by Night

Director: Alfred L. Werker Anthony Mann
Cast: Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Jack Webb Whit Bissell Jack Bailey
Genre: Crime
Premiere: 1948
Running time: 79 min
Country: USA

He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann. 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 shootings in the Los Angeles area between 1945 and 1946.

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.

He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films. The film is notable for its camerawork by renowned film noir cinematographer John Alton.

Today the film is in the public domain.

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He Walked by Night is a movie (1948) from USA. Genre: crime. Directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann. Starring Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Jack Webb and Whit Bissell. Running time: 79 min.

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