This week’s mystery movie was the 1948 Allied Artists movie The Hunted, with Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry Blake, Russell Hicks, Frank Ferguson, Cathy Carter, Joseph Crehan, Edna Holland, Carole Donne, Robert Earle and Tristram Coffin.
Original story and screenplay by Steve Fisher.
Musical score and direction by Edward J. Kay.
Photography by Harry Neumann.
Production manager, Charles J. Bigelow.
Supervising editor, Otho Lovering.
Editor, Richard Heermance.
Assistant director, Frank Fox.
Recording by Tom Lambert.
Technical director Ernie Hickson.
Set decorations by Raymond Boltz Jr.
Makeup by Burris Grimwood.
Hairstyles by Carla Hadley.
Associate producer, Glenn Cook.
A Scott R. Dunlap production.
Directed by Jack Bernhard.
Further information about The Hunted is available from the AFI Catalog.
The Hunted is available on DVD from Critics’ Choice Video.
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I picked The Hunted by going through the trades after rejecting my previous potential mystery movies because some superfan uploaded dozens of images to IMDB in one case and I couldn’t find a passable print in another. As it was, I had to fiddle with the images a bit to make them even halfway decent. But the labor was worth it. The Hunted is a good yarn of B-movie noir, and it was shown at Noir City last year. I was intrigued because the writer was Steve Fisher, who wrote the screenplay for The Lady in the Lake, and offered his insights on the Black Dahlia case in a sidebar for the Los Angeles Evening Herald-Express.
I can’t imagine The New York Times reviewed The Hunted. I’m guessing even the lowly “alphabet critics” took a pass on this one. And indeed the NYT ignored our mystery movie.
For Monday, we have three mysterious guests.
Update: This is Michael Browne, center, and Edna Holland, right. The Black actress at left is unidentified.
For “Tricky Tuesday,” we have this merry mystery guest.
Update: This is Larry Valli.
For “Hm Wednesday,” we have this mysterious gent.
Update: This is Pierre Watkin in one of his more than 400 credited screen appearances.
For “Aha Thursday,” we have this mysterious gent. His mysterious companion has been cropped out due to insufficient mysteriousness and will appear Friday.
Update: Adding our mysterious leading man for Friday.
Update: This is Russell “Beefsteak Mine” Hicks, left, and Preston Foster.
We also have this mystery woman, as seen in Monday’s mystery photo.
Update: This is Edna Holland.
And this mysterious fellow.
Update: This is Frank Ferguson.
And this mysterious fellow. (Doughnuts and coffee only a dime!)
Update: This is Larry Blake.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Wednesday’s mysterious fellow), B.J. Merholz (Wednesday’s mystery chap), Mike Hawks (Wednesday’s mystery guest) and Megan and Thom (Wednesday’s mystery chap).
For Friday, we have a mysterious gent.
Update: This is Preston Foster.
And our mysterious leading lady.
Update: This is Belita.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Greg (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Sheila (Wednesday’s and Thursday’s mystery guests), B.J. Merholz (Thursday’s mysterious gent No. 1), Robert Morrissey (mystery movie, Thursday’s mysterious parole officer and Friday’s mystery leading lady), Megan and Thom (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Benito (Thursday’s mysterious seller of shares in the Beefsteak Mine) and Blackwing Jenny (Thursday’s mysterious lunch counter man).
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Wild guess: “The Company She Keeps”?
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Alas, no, but you’re in the right era and genre.
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Minerva Urecal sitting at the desk?
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An interesting guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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Cora Witherspoon
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An interesting guess! But alas, not this time.
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Paul Cavanagh for “Hm Wednesday”?
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An excellent guess! But not this time. All will be clear soon!
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ABOUT MRS. LESLIE. Maidie Norman and Edith Evanson Monday, and Pierre Watkin today.
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Pierre Watkin in Little Giant.
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Pierre Watkin.
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Today’s guest is Pierre Watkin, but I’m not sure which of his 400+ roles this is.
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I knew I had seen this before. THE HUNTED. Edna Holland and Michael Browne Monday. Watkin Wednesday. Russell Hicks with Preston Foster shadow, Holland, Frank Ferguson, and Larry Blake.
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With Russell Hicks, Frank Ferguson, Pierre Watkin, Larry Valli (clown), and Larry Blake (short order cook) I’m pretty sure the movie is The Hunted from 1948.
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Pierre Watkin, Russell Hicks and Frank Ferguson?
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Russell Hicks. And I apologize for my movie mis-call.
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I LOVE Belita! I knew I had seen this one with the very first photo of the week, but of course I couldn’t remember Edna Holland’s name, though I knew she was a parole officer….I actually have this one on DVD: The Hunted, from 1948.
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Our movie is The Hunted with Russell Hicks, Edna Holland, Frank Ferguson, and Larry Blake for today. Our guest from Tuesday is Larry Valli. For Monday, I think our policeman is Michael Browne, and I’m not sure whom the black actress is.
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Russell Hicks, aka the huckster in THE BANK DICK
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Fry cook’s gotta be Larry Blake!
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THE HUNTED. Belita, Preston, Larry B. etc. Russell, Frank. I was missing in action yesterday.
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Preston Foster and Belita today.
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