Follow Me Quietly( 1949)

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Police baffled by the FACELESS KILLER!

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When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at night, leaving behind clues, but police efforts have been fruitless. Constructing a life-size dummy of the murderer, police Lt. Harry Grant is growing obsessed with capturing him, and always following Grant is the relentless reporter Ann Gorman looking to break the story, but the hunt continues.

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William Lundigan
Harry Grant
Dorothy Patrick
Ann Gorman
Jeff Corey
Police Sgt. Art Collins
Nestor Paiva
Benny
Charles D. Brown
Police Insp. Mulvaney
Paul Guilfoyle
Overbeck
Edwin Max
Charlie Roy aka The Judge
Frank Ferguson
J.C. McGill
Marlo Dwyer
Waitress
Archie Twitchell
Dixon (as Michael Branden)
Douglas Spencer
Phony Judge
Maurice Cass
Book store proprietor
Wanda Cantlon
Waitress
Howard M. Mitchell
Don, bartender
Cy Stevens
Kelly
Robert Emmett Keane
Coroner
Paul Bryar
Sgt. Bryce
Lee Phelps
Detective
Art Dupuis
Detective
Walden Boyle
Intern
Joe Whitehead
Ed
Martin Cichy
Policeman
Michael Mark
Mr. Mark, apartment manager
Virginia Farmer
Woman in bookstore
Nolan Leary
Larson

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri May 15 2015

Funny thing how he always strikes in the rain. Follow Me Quietly is directed by Richard Fleischer (with uncredited help from Anthony Mann) and adapted to screenplay by Lillie Hayward from a story written by Mann and Francis Rosenwald. It stars William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva and Paul Guilfoyle. Music is by Leonid Raab and cinematography by Robert De Grasse. A serial killer known as "The Judge" is stalking the city, his modus operandi is to strike when it rains and to kill by strangulation. The police have loads of little clues but nothing solid to go on. The st...