JH, I agree that this film ("HWBN") provides a fine model as a crime thriller. I disagree with Wikipedia's characterization that it's a film noir, even though the great John Alton shot the film. E.g., half of the film shows police procedure (with martial background music and a stern, authoritarian voiceover by Reed Hadley) rather than the tortured anti-hero of film noir struggling w himself. Here the role played (admirably) by Basehart is a sick psychopath. Best of success on your project, JH, regardless of its genre!
Nice to see a young Jack Webb. I’m an old retired PO and detective from NY. The whole film was spotless. But. It was 15 years later I was sworn in and a few methods had changed as to how we operated. Such as never sitting in a patrol car and interviewing. Too many dead cops changed the methods we used.
I met a guy once who claimed to be a NY city homicide detective. He seemed very egotistical and caught up on himself. Basically I'm not sure if I believed his story, but he did have an outstanding new yawk accent.
It was nice seeing this again on TH-cam. As per most of the comments here, I too have fond memories of Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson [1914-1984] with David Hedison [1927-2019] in the Irwin Allen sci-fi series - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea from 1964, had seen Basehart in a few other films, I once saw an interview with the late David Hedison, who paid tribute to Basehart, as they were friends, Basehart was an introvert, whereas, Hedison an opposite.
This is what's known as a police procedural. The process used by the police to solve a crime is used to guide the story. Fans of the genre will find the appearance of a young Jack Webb as a special treat. Web could be considered the most famous of those who popularized this type of movie. The movie is excellent, fast paced like a modern movie, good acting, and an interesting story.
45 years ago or so, as a young man, I watch voyage to the bottom of the sea & got to know Richard Basehart as a middle aged actor. Now I am more than middle aged and am watching him as a young man. Thanks for the upload very good crime drama.
The same here. Now I understand much better why David Hedison, who played admiral Nelson's right hand looked up so much to Basehart. A good script without actors who can't carry it would have been a disaster. Fortunately here everything's perfect...
This was a really good one and the narration added to the suspense. Good show all the way around. Thanks for putting this one out for all of us to enjoy~!!!!
What a great movie! A logical, quiet, kinda classy young man, seemed super intelligent and efficient, except for showing his face to everyone. Couldn't understand the why of that, unless it was arrogance, thinking he'd always have a way out, never get caught. His fatal flaw maybe? Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the way he thought out and managed things, finally a good mind to force all the police to be at their best too! Even his dog 🐕 was smart and efficient for his owner, poor little thing. It was great seeing all these stars in their much younger years, in good shape, smooth-faced, handsome, and a full head of dark hair. Everything out-of-the-ordinary crime drama, loved it! 😀👍👍👏
He kept changing his appearance (an eyepatch, a bandage over his nose, glasses, even shaved his mustache at the beginning) after his crimes, he wasn't expecting the cops to get the witnesses together to make a composite photo, as that was very new at the time.
My favorite film noir, loosely based on the crimes of Erwin Mathias Walker. The movie was shot the same year he was caught. A very unique and clever character in the annals of crime. Despite a death penalty, years of institutionalization, he obtained his freedom, a professional job, and lived till 2008. Los Angeles, a bunch of suburbs in search of a city. You bet.
@@midnightrun2764, That’s a silly line that, if true for Los Angeles, would also be true for most cities in America. I don’t think it’s true for Los Angeles. Suburbs are generally not near the city center.
Rule of safety , never , never alone and at night stop to help , or investigate something alone , call police first , take note of things , detalles they are important and help a lot , never put yourself in danger it doesn’t help things out, be safe.
This is a great detective movie. The only thing I saw offhand that Hollywood messed up on toward the end was all the light coming into the room while his lights were out, the blinds would have had to been open a lot wider for that much like to come through to lite the scene, And he barely had them cracked at all. Really enjoyed this 👍🏻
Yup! This is where Jack Webb got the idea for DRAGNET! First it was a RADIO SHOW for 9 years (1948-1957). My Mom and Dad used to listen to this. It went on the air with the endorsement of the Chief of Police for LA. The TV show aired in 1951 and ran for 9 years, too. But the radio show remained as it took quite a few years for TV to be available across the country. Webb did lots of research to ensure realism; something current shows lack.
I like this movie, thank you 👍🏻 Edit the scènes where the villain was at home with the dog warning him, the preperation, tactics of the police and running through those tunnels was awesome and exciting!! Beautiful filming👍🏻👍🏻
This is no way a "b" movie. Well acted, gripping (true!) plot, wonderfully filmed with excellent audio track. What more would you want from sn "a" movie?
I am happy to own a copy of this little masterpiece, as well as a step-by-step, before its time, forensic movie, “Mystery Street” (1950) with Ricardo Montalbán; a must see for anyone with an appreciation for this genre.
Before Jack Webb was Joe Friday he was Jeff Regan on a radio show set in LA. He was a private detective. His partner had been shot and was in Intensive Care Unit. His boss yelled at him and told him to get out there and earn some money to pay this hospital bill. He said, "This hospital is charging $20 a day just to keep him in the ICU."
😇 thanks for making my tv viewing more pleasurable .. no cable and tv sucks ... so thank you.🙇 for taking the time to put these out ... even the worst is better then what's on today.. this isn't a bad movie .. my point is that there all better ... thank you.🙇
"Using the garage as his base of operations, Walker continued to commit burglaries to pay his living expenses and acquire electronic equipment. His criminal spree eventually totaled more than a dozen armed robberies, safecracking, and burglaries, netting him a sum of approximately $70,000.[3][4][11] Walker later explained that his crimes were motivated by a desire to gather funds and equipment to build an electronic radar gun (which, by shooting a beam, would disintegrate metal into powder) so that he could force the government to pass legislation raising soldiers' pay. That would, in turn, increase the cost of war to a point that it could not profitably be waged.[5][12]" ~Wiki
"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."
Eagle/Lion Films was a project between British and American productions. The Studio was on the 7800 of Santa Monica Blvd, I drove by there as a teener. They produced high quality films for a brief period of time. This film is their masterpiece.
Egbert Crawford greatest TH-cam comment ever .. I mean what the hell were they doing back then that made them think they had to talk a mile a minute. They didn’t even have cellphones or synthetic drugs to preoccupy them and give them adhd it makes no sense .
Lots of those earlier actors probably learned their craft from doing radio and that explains the fast talking ,radio can't have any silence and old habits are hard to break
dogmart : From a Graham Green novel by the same name. Also, read my novel, Richard Blaine by Jodie Christian, where I attempt to capture the essence of Bogart, Greenstreet, and Lorrie.
Except that this movie is based on a real character, Erwin Walker, who did use the sewer systems in LA to escape his crimes. Also, this movie was made in 1946, the “Third Man” much later.
This is a great film, but one has to laugh at some of the lines. For instance: 9:30 - "It looks like some kind of an electrical device..." and 2:33 - "...the work of the police, like that of woman, is never done." But it was 1948, after all. Thank you. Films like this are an excellent relief, antidote even, from the madness of the present, 2020-2021.
I'm betting that this is where the name of the 5o's cop show called DRAGNET was conceived......Sgt Friday(Jack Webb) was shown acting in a bit part briefly with the police at the initial crime scene. Right after that, there was mention of the word DRAGNET multiple times. The connection is simply too unique . Sgt Friday is seen several times as forensic policeman.
Agradecidos ! si tremendo guion y desenlace con muy buenos actores de la epoca..yo no existia aun jjjj pero me gustan..nos gustan las cosas retro.Gracias por subirla !
At about 12;30 there is a character whose name in the movie is pete Hammond. I recognized his voice.....it's Frank Cady a.k.a SAM DRUCKER of Green Acres and Petticoat Junction..
Interesting/informative/entertaining.Enjoy. Viewing the switch board/mail conveyor/front store neon lights/vehicles & the likes from that era-!!!🤗. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Very-very time consuming snail mailing those wanted flyers-!😳. Vaguely remember milk truck delivery man-???🤔. Class " A " dramatic ending-!!!🤗. For that era anyway-!!!🤔.
1948 was the year Jack Webb began his "Dragnet" on NBC Radio, which would also appear on NBC Television in the 50's and 60's. This would appear to be his inspiration. The procedures have changed considerably since the 1940's in the age of DNA. Just the facts, y'all.
I'm writing a noir film for me and my friends to make right now, this has been great inspiration.
The world could use some good noir. Happy trails.
JH, I agree that this film ("HWBN") provides a fine model as a crime thriller. I disagree with Wikipedia's characterization that it's a film noir, even though the great John Alton shot the film.
E.g., half of the film shows police procedure (with martial background music and a stern, authoritarian voiceover by Reed Hadley) rather than the tortured anti-hero of film noir struggling w himself. Here the role played (admirably) by Basehart is a sick psychopath.
Best of success on your project, JH, regardless of its genre!
Good wishes for your enterprise 🎉
Nice to see a young Jack Webb.
I’m an old retired PO and detective from NY. The whole film was spotless.
But. It was 15 years later I was sworn in and a few methods had changed as to how we operated. Such as never sitting in a patrol car and interviewing. Too many dead cops changed the methods we used.
❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you for being an amazing cop 👮 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 much love from Portland Oregon
I met a guy once who claimed to be a NY city homicide detective. He seemed very egotistical and caught up on himself. Basically I'm not sure if I believed his story, but he did have an outstanding new yawk accent.
Stupid copper was on his way home but decided to hassle some guy. Cop got shot. What a dumbass. Cops are still dumbasses.
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Would wearing a BADGE change your opinion ?
I love black and white movies when the print is good. Thanks.
It was nice seeing this again on TH-cam.
As per most of the comments here, I too have fond memories of Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson [1914-1984] with David Hedison [1927-2019] in the Irwin Allen sci-fi series - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea from 1964, had seen Basehart in a few other films, I once saw an interview with the late David Hedison, who paid tribute to Basehart, as they were friends, Basehart was an introvert, whereas, Hedison an opposite.
Richard Basehardt has been one of my favorite actors, but he always made such a great villain.
I'm so old, I remember him from 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'. 😂
I liked him in voyage to the bottom of sea with David hedison.
Yes as soon as I saw the finished composite sketch of Richard Basehart I said "THATS HIM !!, you got the sketch right"
This is what's known as a police procedural. The process used by the police to solve a crime is used to guide the story. Fans of the genre will find the appearance of a young Jack Webb as a special treat. Web could be considered the most famous of those who popularized this type of movie. The movie is excellent, fast paced like a modern movie, good acting, and an interesting story.
And a genre rarely filmed in the United States any more (Bosch was close); but often in Britain and Europe.
45 years ago or so, as a young man, I watch voyage to the bottom of the sea & got to know Richard Basehart as a middle aged actor. Now I am more than middle aged and am watching him as a young man. Thanks for the upload very good crime drama.
He's also very, very good in the 1950 MGM film noir thriller "Tension." Well worth the watch!
The same here. Now I understand much better why David Hedison, who played admiral Nelson's right hand looked up so much to Basehart. A good script without actors who can't carry it would have been a disaster. Fortunately here everything's perfect...
Yep, and I always love all these old movies and old actors even as I keep growing older too. ;)
Basehart also did a Fellini film, La Strada.
Basehart is also excellent in a superb wartime (WWII) drama, "Decision Before Dawn." You will enjoy it.
Dog received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. 🤗
a part well played🐶
Quite possibly the finest noir film rever made.
This was a really good one and the narration added to the suspense. Good show all the way around. Thanks for putting this one out for all of us to enjoy~!!!!
I learned all about him in History Film... Remarkable man! I fell inlove with his radio series, Dragnet!
Good cast and Great Story, Thanks.
What a great movie! A logical, quiet, kinda classy young man, seemed super intelligent and efficient, except for showing his face to everyone. Couldn't understand the why of that, unless it was arrogance, thinking he'd always have a way out, never get caught. His fatal flaw maybe? Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the way he thought out and managed things, finally a good mind to force all the police to be at their best too! Even his dog 🐕 was smart and efficient for his owner, poor little thing.
It was great seeing all these stars in their much younger years, in good shape, smooth-faced, handsome, and a full head of dark hair. Everything out-of-the-ordinary crime drama, loved it! 😀👍👍👏
He kept changing his appearance (an eyepatch, a bandage over his nose, glasses, even shaved his mustache at the beginning) after his crimes, he wasn't expecting the cops to get the witnesses together to make a composite photo, as that was very new at the time.
My favorite film noir, loosely based on the crimes of Erwin Mathias Walker. The movie was shot the same year he was caught. A very unique and clever character in the annals of crime. Despite a death penalty, years of institutionalization, he obtained his freedom, a professional job, and lived till 2008. Los Angeles, a bunch of suburbs in search of a city. You bet.
Yeah! I loved that line!…✌🏼🇨🇦
Hoax.
@@xmaseveeve5259 There are newspaper articles from those days about him. Where is the hoax.
@@midnightrun2764,
That’s a silly line that, if true for Los Angeles, would also be true for most cities in America. I don’t think it’s true for Los Angeles. Suburbs are generally not near the city center.
Fabulous film, thank you for sharing.
I was thinking just that.
Rule of safety , never , never alone and at night stop to help , or investigate something alone , call police first , take note of things , detalles they are important and help a lot , never put yourself in danger it doesn’t help things out, be safe.
This is a great detective movie.
The only thing I saw offhand that Hollywood messed up on toward the end was all the light coming into the room while his lights were out, the blinds would have had to been open a lot wider for that much like to come through to lite the scene,
And he barely had them cracked at all.
Really enjoyed this 👍🏻
Yup! This is where Jack Webb got the idea for DRAGNET! First it was a RADIO SHOW for 9 years (1948-1957). My Mom and Dad used to listen to this. It went on the air with the endorsement of the Chief of Police for LA. The TV show aired in 1951 and ran for 9 years, too. But the radio show remained as it took quite a few years for TV to be available across the country. Webb did lots of research to ensure realism; something current shows lack.
Very Good Movie!! The More Movies like this to see the Better.!
Creepy movie still hits the spot.
I like this movie, thank you 👍🏻
Edit the scènes where the villain was at home with the dog warning him, the preperation, tactics of the police and running through those tunnels was awesome and exciting!! Beautiful filming👍🏻👍🏻
I really enjoyed this one great to see rather than some of the dribble these days, thank you
This is no way a "b" movie. Well acted, gripping (true!) plot, wonderfully filmed with excellent audio track. What more would you want from sn "a" movie?
Thanks for this top-notch movie. Many well know main and supporting actors. 😊
I love these types of movies 🎥
Have you watched the series Interpol Calling? Good stuff
Excellent film.Thanks for uploading.
I am happy to own a copy of this little masterpiece, as well as a step-by-step, before its time, forensic movie, “Mystery Street” (1950) with Ricardo Montalbán; a must see for anyone with an appreciation for this genre.
Nice!
great, beautiful atmosphere, great cars.
So this is where Webb's "Dragnet" radio and TV series was hatched.
You may be correct"Dragnet" was on the radio from 1949 to 1957.
Before Jack Webb was Joe Friday he was Jeff Regan on a radio show set in LA. He was a private detective. His partner had been shot and was in Intensive Care Unit. His boss yelled at him and told him to get out there and earn some money to pay this hospital bill. He said, "This hospital is charging $20 a day just to keep him in the ICU."
Jeff Regan is a great radio show! Always love watching/listening to Jack Webb!
What amazing lighting.
Great film. Thank you🇬🇧👍
😇 thanks for making my tv viewing more pleasurable .. no cable and tv sucks ... so thank you.🙇 for taking the time to put these out ... even the worst is better then what's on today.. this isn't a bad movie .. my point is that there all better ... thank you.🙇
Excellent!
Thanks for posting, this is a great watch, right up there with the best with some terrific acting!
Eagle lion pictures. Wow!!!! Top of the line stuff.
This brough back memories of that old TV series "Dragnet" starring Jack Webb (AKA Sgt. Joe Friday) Just the facts maam. Thanks for this film noir.
Jack Webb met Marty Wynn during the making of this film and that led to the creation of the radio and then TV series of Dragnet.
This movie led to Jack Webb creating Dragnet
"Using the garage as his base of operations, Walker continued to commit burglaries to pay his living expenses and acquire electronic equipment. His criminal spree eventually totaled more than a dozen armed robberies, safecracking, and burglaries, netting him a sum of approximately $70,000.[3][4][11] Walker later explained that his crimes were motivated by a desire to gather funds and equipment to build an electronic radar gun (which, by shooting a beam, would disintegrate metal into powder) so that he could force the government to pass legislation raising soldiers' pay. That would, in turn, increase the cost of war to a point that it could not profitably be waged.[5][12]" ~Wiki
Job well done. Thanks for sharing for all of us to enjoy
Helluva good movie! Now that's what you kall a true murder mystery!👍🏾
TY for a very good show. Love that white telephone!
A young Richard Basehart was the villan, compared to Admiral Nelson on Voyage to the Bottom of the sea. Great Thriller.
Jack Webb's "Dragnet" on steroids!!
You might as well call this the "pilot" for Dragnet, For sure this is where Jack Webb got the idea.
If you watched the CIS fella 16:17 is none other than Jack Webb himself very young Forensic Lee LOL Dragnet for sure
"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."
Our Lady Queen of the Angels! Gosh, what a beautiful name for a city.
A great excitement movie,quite clever indeed !
Eagle/Lion Films was a project between British and American productions. The Studio was on the 7800 of Santa Monica Blvd, I drove by there as a teener. They produced high quality films for a brief period of time. This film is their masterpiece.
I enjoyed this, good movie
what a great movie.... shot for shot, no dramatic music... I can see Le Samurai (1967) in it...
This movie was the inspiration for Jack Webb’s Dragnet.
nice to finally watch one of these where they aren't talking super fast for no logical reason.
Egbert Crawford greatest TH-cam comment ever .. I mean what the hell were they doing back then that made them think they had to talk a mile a minute. They didn’t even have cellphones or synthetic drugs to preoccupy them and give them adhd it makes no sense .
Lots of those earlier actors probably learned their craft from doing radio and that explains the fast talking ,radio can't have any silence and old habits are hard to break
@@michaelmerck7576,
“No dead air” doesn’t mean one can’t speak normally.
Suspense to the end...
Ed Mcbain books of the 87th precinct also did excellent job on procedural police work. Keep in mind that modus operandi
I enjoyed those books by Evan Hunter/Salvatore Lombino under his pseudonym. He wrote "The Blackboard Jungle,” as well.
Interesting to see a TV for sale in a 1948 movie.
Honorable mention to Basehardt for being in good enough shape for all those running scenes at the end. Hope he didn't have to do many takes.
The film is He Walked By Night, it is in the public domain so no reason not to show the title.
The ending reminds me of Carol Reed's classic The Third Man: sewer-system chase.
dogmart : From a Graham Green novel by the same name. Also, read my novel, Richard Blaine by Jodie Christian, where I attempt to capture the essence of Bogart, Greenstreet, and Lorrie.
Except that this movie is based on a real character, Erwin Walker, who did use the sewer systems in LA to escape his crimes. Also, this movie was made in 1946, the “Third Man” much later.
Jack Webb was a fair looking guy in these days.
Richard Basehart's (character's) DOG was the second best actor in the picture, behind Richard Basehart. Hey, it's a pretty solid picture, overall.
Exellent film .
There are 2 million stories in the naked city. ..this has been one of them.
Naked Tongues except it was 8 million and the city was New York! Lolol
Jack Webb. The word dragnet used twice in the film. I wonder if that was insulation for the tv show?
This is a great film, but one has to laugh at some of the lines. For instance: 9:30 - "It looks like some kind of an electrical device..." and 2:33 - "...the work of the police, like that of woman, is never done." But it was 1948, after all.
Thank you. Films like this are an excellent relief, antidote even, from the madness of the present, 2020-2021.
Classic thanks PF ❤👍
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟EXCELLENT 🌟MOVIE🌟
I'm betting that this is where the name of the 5o's cop show called DRAGNET was conceived......Sgt Friday(Jack Webb) was shown acting in a bit part briefly with the police at the initial crime scene. Right after that, there was mention of the word DRAGNET multiple times. The connection is simply too unique . Sgt Friday is seen several times as forensic policeman.
Brilliant movie!!
Great film. I wonder if it really was true. Would like to. know about the real life case.
It was loosely based on a true case (Erwin Walker’s 1946 crime spree).
Was that the voice of Reed Hadley in the opening monologue?
Yes. The title is “He Walked by Night” (1948). IMDB has the details and trivia.
@@SuziQ. He had a very recognizable voice!
Yep
oops the shell case marking would be at different locations on back of shell.
Our Lady Queen of the Angels! First time I have heard the full name of Los Angeles.
Lost angels -- fallen angels.
@@trukeesey8715,
Los = the (plural)
Angeles -= angels.
However, the OP is correct about the full name, "The town of our lady the Queen of the angels”.
No dispute, hermana, but that is euphemistic. The truth is, it has ever been a city of sinfulness.
@@SuziQ.
@@trukeesey8715 ,
What city isn’t full of crime and other sins? Chicago? Boston? New York? DC? Detroit?
What has that to do with Los Angeles? Also Los Angeles is more of a capital of the propagation of sin than the other invaisionary bases are.
@@SuziQ.
Aiii ammmor re peli..mb !
Agradecidos ! si tremendo guion y desenlace con muy buenos actores de la epoca..yo no existia aun jjjj pero me gustan..nos gustan las cosas retro.Gracias por subirla !
Good movie thank you
I downloaded this Thank you
At about 12;30 there is a character whose name in the movie is pete Hammond. I recognized his voice.....it's Frank Cady a.k.a SAM DRUCKER of Green Acres and Petticoat Junction..
The guy in the hat killed the other guy in the hat.
His guts oozed nice, like a melted malted.
Interesting/informative/entertaining.Enjoy. Viewing the switch board/mail conveyor/front store neon lights/vehicles & the likes from that era-!!!🤗. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Very-very time consuming snail mailing those wanted flyers-!😳. Vaguely remember milk truck delivery man-???🤔. Class " A " dramatic ending-!!!🤗. For that era anyway-!!!🤔.
Surprised they didn't run into the giant ants from THEM down in those storm drains.
I was thinking the same thing!! LMAO!!!
Don't forget The Naked City,That was alot like Dragnet as well,Both great movie,s Filmed right around the same time
I believe i saw a young John Denher. He was a very prolific character actor in Hollywood.
D*MN, that was GOOOOOOD!!
Great movie 🎥
great stuff
Be careful in the tunnels, they're full of giant ants.
Anybody knows other good movies like this one in this genre and period
Excellent
superb
*The Los Angeles police always get their man.*
7:36 how can you have cartridge casings from revolvers? They both have S&W .38's
I recognized Jack Webb.
Richard Basehart is King of Actors.
The Police: always with accusations and lies and breaking the law, when it suits their purpose. Nothing has changed since this movie was made.
1948 was the year Jack Webb began his "Dragnet" on NBC Radio, which would also appear on NBC Television in the 50's and 60's. This would appear to be his inspiration. The procedures have changed considerably since the 1940's in the age of DNA. Just the facts, y'all.
I was wondering if that was Jackie boy should I stop smoking back then the next 10 years made him look a little rough
did I just see Sergeant Joe Friday
Yes! We did!
dogbitr 58 that’s what I thought too
The 'glamour" capital of the USA, not the world!
Enjoyed the old police movie.
Right,b this is where Webb's Dragnet was hatched. The movie's opening was Dragnet.
I am so glad that I do not have to wear a suit, or keep track of my hat.
15 cops sneaking up on a house with a dog inside . Only 15 . Thats about how bright they are in my kneck of the woods
Good movie, but why did he start killing people?
Single greatest motivator - to keep from going to jail!!