M

i was so inspired by RICK MECHTLY's slide presentation of BUNKER HILL BABY! tonight @ larry edmunds book shop that i looked up one of the films he referenced. 
M- (1951) is a remake of the friz lang classic staring the great peter lorre.  
this version, directed by joseph losey, is shot almost entirely around bunker hill, downtown los angeles.
nothing remains from this incredible area, except the bradbury building, which technically is not bunker hill.

Joseph Losey's rarely seen 1951 remake of the Fritz Lang film.

In a large city, a series of violent murders of young girls terrorizes citizens and baffles police. A nervous young man, Martin Harrow, stalks several children and soon focuses his attention on a little girl playing alone at a neighborhood carnival. Martin buys a balloon from a blind street vendor, then walks away with the child, whistling a peculiar tune.

 Later, after the child's body is discovered, police chief Regan makes a television announcement disclosing that evidence collected in the case indicates the same modus operandi found in previous killings, death by strangulation and the shoes of the victim taken. After the police warn the public to take extreme caution and report all suspicious behavior, many people overreact and harass several innocent men.