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An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.
Archie Twitchell
- Dixon
- (as Michael Branden)
Fred Aldrich
- Detective at Briefing
- (uncredited)
Walden Boyle
- Intern
- (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
- Police Sgt. Bryce
- (uncredited)
Wanda Cantlon
- Waitress
- (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
- Bookstore Owner
- (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe voice in The Judge's apartment building yelling downstairs is Marjorie Main.
- GoofsWhen Ann Gorman is speaking with Police Sgt. Art Collins; there is a man sitting on the stool on the right side of Collins. But on the next immediate cut; no one is sitting there.
- Quotes
Police Lt. Harry Grant: Funny thing how he always strikes in the rain.
Police Sgt. Art Collins: Maybe he likes rain. Must be a fish.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (Richard Fleischer, 1949) ***
Superb, little-known noir - from a story by Anthony Mann (reportedly, he even directed some of it)! - which is certainly Fleischer's best from the genre after THE NARROW MARGIN (1952). Although it took me a while to warm up to the two leads (especially William Lundigan, given his crucial role of an obsessive police detective who is virtually a mirror-image of the vicious killer, a concept done to death in subsequent thrillers), their relationship is nicely developed and the rest of the cast - particularly Jeff Corey as the hero's wise-cracking sidekick and Edwin Max as "The Judge", when finally unmasked (actually a meek little man, not unlike the Peter Lorre of M [1931]!) - also performs admirably.
However, where the film - a brisk, taut 60 minutes! - truly scores is in its brilliant direction of the suspense sequences: the startling revelatory zoom of the villain's blank-faced dummy is particularly striking, whereas the scene in which we realize that "The Judge" has effectively replaced the dummy in Lundigan's office is genuinely creepy; these two sequences, not to mention the 'look' of the dummy itself, uncannily predate the Italian giallo genre by about 15 years - and I just have to wonder whether Mario Bava had actually watched this film somewhere down the line, and was perhaps reminded of it, when making his own seminal thriller BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964)!! Besides, the climax by the huge water tanks is quite splendid, and rarely has the rain been so ominously used as in this film!
A classic of its kind and, in hindsight, an influential one which, hopefully, Warners will consider releasing on DVD soon - as it's actually better than some of the noirs which are out already or have been announced by them...
However, where the film - a brisk, taut 60 minutes! - truly scores is in its brilliant direction of the suspense sequences: the startling revelatory zoom of the villain's blank-faced dummy is particularly striking, whereas the scene in which we realize that "The Judge" has effectively replaced the dummy in Lundigan's office is genuinely creepy; these two sequences, not to mention the 'look' of the dummy itself, uncannily predate the Italian giallo genre by about 15 years - and I just have to wonder whether Mario Bava had actually watched this film somewhere down the line, and was perhaps reminded of it, when making his own seminal thriller BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964)!! Besides, the climax by the huge water tanks is quite splendid, and rarely has the rain been so ominously used as in this film!
A classic of its kind and, in hindsight, an influential one which, hopefully, Warners will consider releasing on DVD soon - as it's actually better than some of the noirs which are out already or have been announced by them...
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- Bunuel1976
- Apr 8, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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