Follow Me Quietly (1949)

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Lieutenant Harry Grant (William Lundigan) and Sgt. Art Collins (Jeff Corey) have been handed the unenviable assignment of tracking down "The Judge," a mysterious serial murderer responsible for seven deaths over the past few months. The police have plenty of clues and forensic evidence, but no solid… More Lieutenant Harry Grant (William Lundigan) and Sgt. Art Collins (Jeff Corey) have been handed the unenviable assignment of tracking down "The Judge," a mysterious serial murderer responsible for seven deaths over the past few months. The police have plenty of clues and forensic evidence, but no solid leads to who this highly resourceful strangler is. Complicating Grant's work is the presence of Ann Gorman (Dorothy Patrick), an ambitious reporter for a sensationalistic crime magazine, who keeps sticking her nose into this case and into his work. In exasperation over The Judge's latest victim, a newspaper editor named McGill (Frank Ferguson), Grant decides to take a novel approach to catching the killer -- he prepares a life-size blank-faced dummy using all the clues the police have, as to height, weight, physique, preferred way of dressing etc., in order to give his officers a clearer picture of who and what they're looking for. The result is creepy but effective, and soon Grant is getting closer to the killer -- but The Judge is insane, and agitated by all manner of outside stimuli, and he might prove too much even for a police detective to deal with in a direct confrontation. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 59 min.
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
Written By: Lillie Hayward
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 14, 1949 Wide

Critic Reviews

Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
This was clearly timed to play the bottom of a double bill, but it has better production values than most B-movies and Fleischer devotes much greater care to the direction.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Effectively filmed in a semi-documentary style.

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Cast

            William Lundigan as Lt. Harry Grant

            Dorothy Patrick as Ann Gorman

            Jeff Corey as Sgt. Art Collins

            Charles D. Brown as Insp. Mulvaney

            Paul Guilfoyle as Overbeck

            Edwin Max as Judge

            Frank Ferguson as McGill

            Marlo Dwyer as Waitress

            Michael Branden as Dixon

            Douglas Spencer as Phony Judge

            Paul Bryar as Sgt. Bryce

            Maurice Cass as Bookstore owner

            Martin Cichy as Cop

            Virginia Farmer as Woman

            Robert Emmett Keane as Coroner

            Nolan Leary as Larson

            Howard Mitchell as Don Bartender

            Nestor Paiva as Benny

            Lee Phelps as Detective

            Archie Twitchell as Dixon

            Joe Whitehead as Ed

            Wanda Cantlon as Waitress

            Walden Boyle as Intern

            Art Dupuis as Detective

            Cy Stevens as Kelly
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