Steps in the night
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Steps in the night |
| Original title | He walked by night |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 79 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Alfred L. Werker , Anthony Mann (anonymous) |
| script |
John C. Higgins , Crane Wilbur |
| production |
Bryan Foy , Robert Kane |
| music | Leonid Raab |
| camera | John Alton |
| cut | Alfred DeGaetano |
| occupation | |
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Steps in the night (Alternative title: Web of Passion , original title: He Walked by Night ) is an in black and white twisted American film noir of Alfred L. Werker from the year 1948. Many scenes of the film were directed by Anthony Mann shot , which is not mentioned in the opening credits.
action
The criminal Roy Morgan is caught by a police officer while attempting to break into an electronics store in Los Angeles. He shoots him and escapes. Sergeants Marty Brennan and Chuck Jones are investigating the case. With the help of modern forensic investigation methods of the police laboratory specialist Lee Whitey, they try to track down the perpetrator. You come across electronics retailer Paul Reeves who unwittingly takes Morgan's loot on commission and sells it on. The police set a trap for Morgan in Reeves' shop. However, this escapes and shoots Sergeant Jones to a cripple. Using numerous modern investigative methods, the police ultimately find out the identity of the perpetrator and try to arrest Morgan at his home. At first he escaped into the sewer system, but was eventually caught on the run and shot.
background
Steps at Night kicked off in US cinemas on November 24, 1948. In Germany it was released in cinemas on February 24, 1950.
The film inspired the acting actor Jack Webb to develop the US television series Police Report (original title: Dragnet ).
criticism
"Exciting and semi-documentary staged crime thriller by good actors with excellent camera work and some realistic hardships", judged the lexicon of international film .
Awards
At the Locarno Festival , Steps in the Night of 1949 was awarded the special prize for the most remarkable detective film.
Web links
- Steps at night in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward (Ed.): Film Noir. An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, Third Edition. Overlook / Duckworth, New York / Woodstock / London 1992, ISBN 978-0-87951-479-2 , pp. 121-123.
- ↑ steps at night in the Internet Movie Database (English) .
- ↑ a b Steps in the night. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 19, 2017 .