He Walked by Night

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He Walked by Night (1949)

NR 02/06/1949 (US) Drama, Thriller, Crime 1h 19m

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Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.

Crane Wilbur

Screenplay, Story
Alfred L. Werker

Director
John C. Higgins

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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

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on 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... read the rest.

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