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Auction History Result 3g347 HE WALKED BY NIGHT int'l 1sh R60s cool artwork of Richard Basehart looming over Los Angeles! Date Sold 1/1/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1960s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded International One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4") (Learn More) He Walked by Night, the 1948 Alfred L. Werker Los Angeles California crime film noir thriller ("From the homicide files of the Los Angeles Police"; "Savage! Searing! True!"; "Savage TRUTH! Stronger than Fiction!"; "In the watery darkness of the massive sewers that wind tortuously beneath Los Angeles a man flees for his life. Now he stops - waiting, listening, his finger tense about the trigger of his gun. Suddenly - he whirls - fires blindly into the blackness! The thundering blast echoes and re-echoes through the tunnel, bouncing maddeningly from wall-to-wall, and in the blazing flash we see him - Savage, brutal - this is the killer who has struck again and again - the killer the police have hunted,patiently, skillfully, courageously - relentlessly tying each tiny clue, every shred and strand of evidence into an evertightening net. Now it's closing... they have him cornered again, fighting desperately for his life... deadly, defiant, unafraid!"; "He held a loaded gun at the heart of a great city!"; "Original Story by Crane Wilbur"; the movie is told in a documentary style fashion with narration, and the viewer follows the police's efforts, a technique which has been much imitated since!) starring Richard Basehart, Scott Brady (billed as "Scott 'Canon City' Brady"), Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, and Jack Webb. Note that this movie gave Jack Webb one of his first significant roles, but more significantly, he adapted the documentary-style of this movie when he created his Dragnet radio show the following year (which of course later moved to television with great success). This movie can be seen as the precursor to all of the modern police shows like "Law and Order", even though it is only remembered by film buffs today. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an "international" style one-sheet (meaning it was printed in the U.S. for use in non-U.S. countries). Note the lack of a ratings box and NSS information. Also note that this one-sheet measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4". Please do not bid on this poster thinking it is 27" x 41". Condition: very good. There is a censor stamp in the lower right corner of the poster. There is some separation and small paper loss at the top and bottom crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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