The body of the first victim visibly breathes during one shot while the motel manager is outside the room.
(a 02:33) As Lt.
Hamilton and Sgt.
Warde talk to the police captain, they hand him a neat police file which he opens.
As the camera cuts for a closer look, he's suddenly holding a bunch of papers.
Found this on youtube--thought it might be campy and funny.... hardly!
Saw this on YOUTUBE and the technical qualities were very good. Lots of familiar faces in this noir and the acting was excellent.
This film noir is a typical Hollywood B picture of the early fifties, made on a low budget and with obscure talent. However, it works very well.
"Without Warning!" is a film that actually caught me by surprise.
***SPOILERS**** The police only clue to the string of killings in the L.A area is that he uses plow shears on his victims who are 30 or under blonde females and murder his victims on the first week of the month.
Released the same year as Edward Dmytryk's ''the sniper" , "without warning! " suffers by comparison directing is MTV style and no scene can equal the last picture of "sniper" But the film is interesting thanks to its half documentary/half fiction artistic choice the police are looking for a needle in a haystack.
Adam Williams is a serial killer. Edward Binns is the police lieutenant trying to figure out who he is.
"In the annals of crime of any great city, there is always one case that for sheer savagery will never be forgotten. No professional criminal could ever match its fury, for it is the record of murder without reason, of fear and of terror of a killer who strikes without warning.
You can do worse than watch "Without Warning !", a fine police procedural about the hunt for an intelligent serial killer who knows that the authorities are looking for him.
