This 1948 police procedural got high marks at its release, and I enjoyed watching it for what it is, the precursor to TV's Dragnet cop drama. Well, Jack Webb himself stars in this cop movie as a smart police lab technician. Richard Basehart stars as the cop killer with no conscience who lives in L.A. while Scott Brady is the relentless homicide detective bringing him to justice. I liked how Webb uses a projector with different slides, and all the robbery victims' inputs to build a picture of the cop killer. The final chase scene is taken through the sewers of L.A. a la The Third Man. I don't know if L.A. has such large sewers but it works well for the film. If you like early gritty cop films, this one should be a good bet to watch.
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