What life did Erwin Walker lead after his release from prison?

Hi Jonathon, thank you for posting here briefly on your story. I imagine you've had many strange moments trying to fathom your father's actions and life.

It's brave of you to enter into a public forum like this.

I wonder how you feel about He Walked By Night - if, of course, you have watched it, and I totally understand if you have chosen not to.

Personally, I find Basehart's performance, and the writing of the character Roy Martin, pretty nuanced and complex. He genuinely appears to be suffering from some kind of illness/confusion/delusion, rather being the simple villainous type he might well have been, had lesser talent been behind the film's creation. I found myself sympathising with Martin and hated to see die and I recently experimented with editing the film into a sort of parody of the whole Gangsta Rap glamourisation of crime and violence - but for me the key thing was I wanted Martin to live and was motivated to make a version in which he survived - albeit a very different version. I put it up on YouTube, though it seems it's not coming up on the searches on the site - it can be found through the link in my post above.

Anyway, thanks for posting here and all the best,

Anton





Time for a new signature, perhaps. Hmmmm...