He Walked by Night (1948) more movies like this

directed by Alfred L. Werker
featuring Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James B. Cardwell

The "He" of the title is Richard Basehart, a clever but psychopathic burglar (based on real-life criminal Erwin Walker) Basehart stays one step ahead of the law by listening in to the police band on his radio. To avoid detection, he changes his M.O. on each crime, making it seem that the string of burglaries is the work of several thieves. But ...

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The Shanghai Cobra (1945) more movies like this

directed by Phil Karlson
featuring Sidney Toler, Addison Richards, Benson Fong, James B. Cardwell, James Flavin, Joan Barclay, Mantan Moreland, Walter Fenner, Arthur Loft, Gene Roth, George Chandler, Janet Warren, Joe Devlin, Paul Newlan, Roy Gordon

Just as Edgar C. Ulmer would at PRC around the same time, young Phil Karlson turned Monogram's almost nonexistent production values to his advantage in two Charlie Chan whodunits: The Shanghai Cobra (1945) and Dark Alibi (1946). Karlson added touches of film noir to the usual hoary Chan melodramatics and the result was arguably the best of the ...

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