Talk:He Walked By Night

The Real Walker

William Erwin Walker, a.k.a. Erwin M. Walker and Machine Gun Walker (October 6, 1917 − 2008) was a former police employee and World War II Army veteran remembered for a violent series of thefts, burglaries, and shootouts with police in Los Angeles County, California during 1945 and 1946, one of which resulted in a fatality.The movie He Walked by Night was loosely based on Walker's 1946 crime spree.In 1948, Eagle Lion Films released a film loosely based on Walker's 1946 crime spree in Los Angeles, He Walked by Night. Walker's character, Roy Morgan, was played by actor Richard Basehart. The film was shot in a semi-documentary format on location in and around the city of Los Angeles. In the film, Morgan is shot dead by police in one of the city's underground drainage tunnels as he attempts to shoot his way out of the police dragnet. (Wikipedia) --Jcordell (talk) 11:51, 13 May 2018 (EDT)