| “ | But if you intend to hunt him - and shoot him - how do you intend to keep from killing him? | ” |
| - Dan Lawton |
- For the Mads production, see MADS - Walk the Dark Street.
Walk the Dark Street is a 1956 thriller that was produced, written, and directed by Wyott Ordung (who also appears in a small role).
Plot[]
A platoon leader returns from the Korean War and seeks out the brother of a soldier who had been killed while under his command. The men agree to engage in competition to "hunt" each other through the streets of Los Angeles using camera-guns. The platoon leader does not realize that the brother blames him for the soldier's death and intends to kill him.
Cast[]
- Chuck Connors as Frank Garrick
- Don Ross as Dan Lawton
- Regina Gleason as Helen Leyden
- Vonne Godfrey as Frank's Girlfriend
- Eddie Kafafian as Sgt. Tommy Garrick
- Don Orlando as 1st Sporting Store Clerk
- Ewing Miles Brown as 2nd Sporting Store Clerk
- Fred Darian as Nightclub Singer
- Ernest Dominy as Police Officer
- Wyott Ordung as Hotel Clerk
Notes[]
- This film was used by Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu in their live riffing show The Mads Are Back. A live-streaming version of the show was performed on September 15th, 2020.
- The movie is sometimes mis-identified as "Walk the Dark Streets".
- Wyott Ordung had previously written the screenplay for Robot Monster.
- Co-star Chuck Connors would go on to star in the western TV series The Rifleman (with Johnny Crawford) and Branded.
- Co-star Don Ross later worked as a personal assistant to Jack Webb, and he appeared in small roles on a significant number of episodes of the 1960s incarnation of Webb's TV series Dragnet.