He Walked by Night( 1949)

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Savage TRUTH! Stronger than Fiction!

Overview

Roy Morgan is a burglar who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops. After Morgan kills a police officer, Sergeants Brennan and Jones have little success in putting the clues of the case together. But when Jones is wounded in a shoot-out with Morgan, Brennan employs all facets of detective work, including forensics and informants, to find the elusive and clever criminal.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Basehart
Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
Scott Brady
Police Sgt. Marty Brennan
Roy Roberts
Police Captain Breen
Whit Bissell
Paul Reeves
James Cardwell
Police Sgt. Chuck Jones
Jack Webb
Lee Whitey
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Pete Hammond
Dorothy Adams
Milk Customer
Jane Adams
Nurse Scanion (uncredited)
Jack Bailey
Witness in Pajamas and Robe (uncredited)
Alma Beltran
Miss Montalvo (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Detective with Capt. Breen (uncredited)
Dolores Castelli
Witness (uncredited)
George Chan
Chinese Suspect (uncredited)
Garrett Craig
Patrolman (uncredited)
John Dehner
Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Young Hoodlum (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Patrolman (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Spanish-Speaking Detective (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Freddie (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Doctor (uncredited)
Tim Graham
Uniformed Sergeant (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Suspect (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Dunning (uncredited)
Peter Hobbes
Milkman (uncredited)
Virginia Hunter
Miss Smith (uncredited)
Felice Ingersoll
Records Clerk (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Artist (uncredited)
Louise Kane
Mrs. Rawlins (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly
Redhead (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Mailman (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Policeman (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Detective with Harry (uncredited)
Billy Mauch
Handsome (uncredited)
John McGuire
Officer Robert Rawlins (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Hollywood Police Official (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
Miss Montavio (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Detective (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Lt. Greeson (uncredited)
James Nolan
Harry (uncredited)
John Parrish
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Detective (uncredited)
John Perri
Young Hoodlum (uncredited)
Paul Scardon
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey
Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
Wally Vernon
Postman (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Police Operator 27 (uncredited)
Mary Ware
Reeves' Secretary (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Prison Inmate (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat May 30 2015

Lone bandit evades police clutches. This is a true story... It's known to the Police Department of one of our largest cities as the most difficult homicide case in its experience. Principally because of the diabolical cleverness, intelligence and cunning of a completely unknown killer.....The record is set down here factually-as it happened. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Cracking little noir picture this one. Richard Baseheart is Davis Morgan, a cold and calculated thief and murderer. He is not only unknown to the police, but also to the Los Angeles underwor...