Follow Me Quietly 06/02/26

Director Richard Fleischer’s crime thriller passed the test with RKO’s new owner Howard Hughes, possibly because of its clever story hook: a mannequin is made of a serial killer, to better understand the killer’s motives. Otherwise Fleischer’s creative, snappy direction is what elevates the picture above the ‘B’ filler product category. A lady reporter all but seduces a detective to get in on the case, and ends up joining the investigation. That blank-faced dummy haunts the homicide squad. The direction makes everybody look good: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Edwin Max and Douglas Spencer. On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
06/02/26