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Film |
Director |
Year |
Team |
Technology |
Finale |
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The House on 92nd Street |
Henry Hathaway |
1945 |
FBI |
Radio |
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Kiss of Death |
Henry Hathaway |
1947 |
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T-Men |
Anthony Mann |
1947 |
Treasury: Secret Service |
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He Walked By Night |
Anthony Mann |
1948 |
LAPD |
Ballistics, Identikit, Radio, Hollerith machines |
LA Storm Sewers |
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Call Northside 777 |
Henry Hathaway |
1948 |
Reporter |
Photo transmission by wire |
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The Street With No Name |
William Keighley |
1948 |
FBI |
Heliograph, Communications, Hollerith machines |
Factory |
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The Naked City |
Jules Dassin |
1948 |
NYPD |
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Williamsburg Bridge |
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Canon City |
Craig Wilbur |
1948 |
Colorado State Penitentiary |
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White Heat |
Raoul Walsh |
1949 |
Treasury |
Tracking Devices |
Oil Tanks |
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Homicide |
Felix Jacoves |
1949 |
LAPD |
Wires for Bookmaking |
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Follow Me Quietly |
Richard Fleischer |
1949 |
Police |
Profiling, Dummy |
Waterworks |
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Panic in the Streets |
Elia Kazan |
1950 |
Centers for Disease Control |
Epidemiology |
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Mystery Street |
John Sturges |
1950 |
Boston Police |
Pathology |
Trinity Station |
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Armored Car Robbery |
Richard Fleischer |
1950 |
LAPD |
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Airport |
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Side Street |
Anthony Mann |
1950 |
NYPD |
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A Lady Without Passport |
Joseph H. Lewis |
1950 |
INS |
Planes |
Everglades |
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711 Ocean Drive |
Joseph M. Newman |
1950 |
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Wires for Bookmaking |
Boulder Dam |
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I Was a Communist for the FBI |
Gordon Douglas |
1951 |
FBI |
Listening Devices |
Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge |
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On Dangerous Ground |
Nicholas Ray |
1951 |
LAPD |
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Red Skies of Montana |
Joseph M. Newman |
1952 |
US Forestry Service |
Fire Fighting, Parachutes |
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Code Two |
Fred Wilcox |
1953 |
LAPD |
Motorcycles |
Chemical Pool |
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Crime Wave |
André De Toth |
1954 |
LAPD |
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Glendale Bank Robbery |
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Them! |
Gordon Douglas |
1954 |
LAPD, FBI, Government Scientists |
Entomology |
LA Storm Sewers |
Crime Films shot on location, with
documentary features
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Film |
Director |
Year |
Locale |
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The Falcon in Hollywood |
Gordon Douglas |
1944 |
RKO Studios, Hollywood |
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Boomerang |
Elia Kazan |
1947 |
Connecticut |
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Niagara |
Henry Hathaway |
1953 |
Niagara Falls |
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The Hitchhiker |
Ida Lupino |
1953 |
Baja California countryside |
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Hell's Half Acre |
John H. Auer |
1954 |
Hawaii |
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The Phenix City Story |
Phil Karlson |
1955 |
Phenix City, Alabama |
Westerns with undercover heroes, influenced by T-Men (1948):
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Film |
Director |
Year |
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The Texas Rangers |
Phil Karlson |
1951 |
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Springfield Rifle |
André De Toth |
1953 |
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Gunfight at Commanche Creek |
Frank MacDonald |
1964 |
Ancestors of the Semi-documentary
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Film |
Director |
Year |
Undercover |
Remake of |
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M |
Fritz Lang |
1931 |
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse |
Fritz Lang |
1932 |
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"G" Men |
William Keighley |
1935 |
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Special Agent |
William Keighley |
1935 |
Yes |
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Public Hero No. 1 |
J. Walter Ruben |
1935 |
Yes |
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Bullets or Ballots |
William Keighley |
1936 |
Yes |
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Tear Gas Squad |
Terry Morse |
1940 |
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Gambling on the High Seas |
George Amy |
1940 |
Yes |
Special Agent |
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The Get-Away |
Edward Buzzell |
1941 |
Yes |
Public Hero No. 1 |
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For the Common Defense! |
Allan R. Kenward |
1942 |
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Police films, perhaps influenced by the semi-docs, but without undercover cop plots, or much location filming:
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Film |
Director |
Year |
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The Racket |
John Cromwell |
1951 |
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The Big Heat |
Fritz Lang |
1953 |
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The Big Combo |
Joseph H. Lewis |
1955 |