He Walked By Night (DVD)

He Walked By Night is a 1950's version of what is now called a docu-soap or a drama documentary. It takes a real life case from the Hollywood Division of the LAPD, a case they considered at the time to be one of their hardest ones to solve, and brings it to the big screen. It tells the story of Ray Martin (Richard Basehart, the only name I recognise in the cast list), a seemingly mild mannered inventor who is spotted breaking into a store by a Policeman on his way home. When stopped and questioned his response is to pull a gun and blast away at his erstwhile questioner. A citywide alert is put out and a net starts closing in on Martin. He is a ...  Read the complete review