Ténèbres à la lumière...: 2011-02-27

Welcome to la lumière et l'obscurité...

Noirish City....the world of rain soaked streets, dark alleys and dead ends...The Home of Tough Guys, City Dames, and a cup of (Coffee) ...The Maltese Falcon, Val Lewton(esque's) header, Black Angel, Sunset Blvd., dark, light, shadows, Cry of the City, Victor Mature, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Conte,Orson Welles, The Third Man,Touch of Evil, dark figures, Act of Violence, The Big Combo, Out of the Past, Paranoia, dark alleys, rain slick streets, Chiaroscura......Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook and that... "Bird." To read mini reviews of films that are considered...noirs...You can now follow Tony D'Ambra....on Twitter at... FilmnoirReviews

Sunday, March 6

Taking a look at Cinematographer John Alton and Director Anthony Mann's Collaboration and a "For The Love Of Film Noir Contest"...On Tuesday...

He Walked By Night...Was Directed Anthony L. Werker and Anthony Mann...

The Cast...

Richard Basehart as Roy Martin/Roy Morgan
Scott Brady as Sgt. Marty Brennan
Roy Roberts as Captain Breen
Whit Bissell as Paul Reeves an electronics dealer
James Cardwell as Sgt. Chuck Jones
Jack Webb as Lee

He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was allegedly based on the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker.

During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor,Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet.^[1]

He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Filmsand is notable for the camera work by renowned film noir cinematographer John Alton.^[2] Today the film is in public domain.^[3]^{Courtesy Of Wikipedia...}