He Walked by Night
1948 · 79 min · Thriller · Crime
On a foggy Los Angeles night, a patrolman stops to question a man outside a radio supply store, and is shot. The man, Roy Martin, is careful, clever and handy with radio and electrical equipment, and the hunt for him falls to Sergeants Marty Brennan and Chuck Jones. Presented as a true police…
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