Follow Me Quietly is a 1949 semidocumentary film noir / police procedural film directed by Richard Fleischer. The drama features William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, and others.

Follow Me Quietly
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Fleischer
Screenplay by	Lillie Hayward
Story by	Anthony Mann Francis Rosenwald
Produced by	Herman Schlom
Starring	William Lundigan Dorothy Patrick Jeff Corey
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Edited by	Elmo Williams
Music by	Leonid Raab Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	July 7, 1949 (1949-07-07) (New York City)[1] July 14, 1949 (1949-07-14) (United States)[1]
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A mysterious killer, known only as "The Judge", kills anyone he considers worthless and immoral. Lieutenant Harry Grant (William Lundigan) is assigned to track him down. With just a handful of clues, Grant constructs a faceless dummy to help his men conduct their investigation. Meanwhile a persistent young female reporter (Dorothy Patrick) for a tabloid magazine is dogging Grant for a story on the killings, much to his annoyance.

Police finally break the case after receiving an important clue, the significance of which they realize only after the reporter explains it to them. Finally, after cornering the killer during a chase on the catwalks of a refinery, the killer is revealed to be a middle-aged man whose cruel disposition and unattractive appearance lead him to become "The Judge".

Cast

• William Lundigan as Police Lt. Harry Grant
• Dorothy Patrick as Ann Gorman
• Jeff Corey as Police Sgt. Art Collins
• Nestor Paiva as Benny
• Charles D. Brown as Police Insp. Mulvaney
• Paul Guilfoyle as Overbeck
• Edwin Max as Charlie Roy aka The Judge
• Frank Ferguson as J.C. McGill
• Marlo Dwyer as Waitress
• Archie Twitchell as Dixon
• Douglas Spencer as Phony Judge

Reception

The New York Times was dismissive of the film and wrote, "There is no intelligent reason why anyone should heed the proposal of Follow Me Quietly...[f]or this utterly senseless little thriller is patently nothing more than a convenient one-hour time-killer between performances of the eight-act vaudeville bill."[2] Reviewing it on DVD, Gene Triplett of The Oklahoman wrote, "[T]his obscure gem packs a remarkable amount of thrills and dramatic weight into a mere 59 minutes".[3] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk rated it 4.5/5 stars and called it a "strange, unsettling film noir mystery, with a disturbing subtext".[4]

References

External links

• Follow Me Quietly at IMDb
• Follow Me Quietly at AllMovie
• Follow Me Quietly at the TCM Movie Database
• Follow Me Quietly at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Follow Me Quietly at DVD Beaver (includes images)
• Follow Me Quietly film clip on YouTube

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