Английская Википедия:Follow Me Quietly
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox film Follow Me Quietly is a 1949 American semidocumentary film noir / police procedural film directed by Richard Fleischer. The drama features William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, and others.
Plot
A mysterious killer, known only as "The Judge", kills anyone he considers worthless and immoral. Lieutenant Harry Grant (William Lundigan) is assigned to track him down. With just a handful of clues, Grant constructs a faceless dummy to help his men conduct their investigation. Meanwhile a persistent young female reporter (Dorothy Patrick) for a tabloid magazine is dogging Grant for a story on the killings, much to his annoyance.
Police finally break the case after receiving an important clue, the significance of which they realize only after the reporter explains it to them. Finally, after cornering the killer during a chase on the catwalks of a refinery, the killer is revealed to be a middle-aged man whose cruel disposition and unattractive appearance lead him to become "The Judge".
Cast
- William Lundigan as Police Lt. Harry Grant
- Dorothy Patrick as Ann Gorman
- Jeff Corey as Police Sgt. Art Collins
- Nestor Paiva as Benny
- Charles D. Brown as Police Insp. Mulvaney
- Paul Guilfoyle as Overbeck
- Edwin Max as Charlie Roy aka The Judge
- Frank Ferguson as J.C. McGill
- Marlo Dwyer as Waitress
- Archie Twitchell as Dixon
- Douglas Spencer as Phony Judge
Reception
The New York Times was dismissive of the film and wrote, "There is no intelligent reason why anyone should heed the proposal of Follow Me Quietly...[f]or this utterly senseless little thriller is patently nothing more than a convenient one-hour time-killer between performances of the eight-act vaudeville bill."[1] Reviewing it on DVD, Gene Triplett of The Oklahoman wrote, "[T]his obscure gem packs a remarkable amount of thrills and dramatic weight into a mere 59 minutes".[2] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk rated it 4.5/5 stars and called it a "strange, unsettling film noir mystery, with a disturbing subtext".[3]
References
External links
- Шаблон:IMDb title
- Шаблон:Amg movie
- Шаблон:Tcmdb title
- Шаблон:AFI film
- Follow Me Quietly at DVD Beaver (includes images)
- Шаблон:YouTube
- ↑ The New York Times. Film review, July 8, 1949. Last accessed: February 7, 2008.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- Английская Википедия
- 1949 films
- 1940s serial killer films
- American mystery thriller films
- 1940s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- Film noir
- Police procedurals
- RKO Pictures films
- Films directed by Richard Fleischer
- 1940s mystery thriller films
- American serial killer films
- 1940s American films
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- Википедия
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