Tonight's Movie: Follow Me Quietly (1949) - A Warner Archive Blu-ray Review

FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949) is a movie I've enjoyed multiple times in the past, including on Turner Classic Movies in 2011 and via a Warner Archive DVD in 2014.It had been a number of years since I last saw the movie, so I was glad to revisit it this weekend on a brand-new Warner Archive Blu-ray.FOLLOW ME QUIETLY is a minor yet well-made, interesting film noir/crime film which runs a snappy hour flat.William Lundigan plays Detective Harry Grant, who is trying to find a serial killer known as "The Judge."Grant is aided by his colleague, Sergeant Art Collins (Jeff Corey), and alternately helped and hindered by an enthusiastic young crime reporter, Ann Gorman (Dorothy Patrick).In some ways this is a familiar tale, yet the direction by Richard Fleischer (THE NARROW MARGIN) and black and white cinematography by Robert de Grasse knocks this film up several notches from "ordinary" to "special."As I noted in past reviews, there are many special moments, from the off-kilter camera angles as the…

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