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While the City Sleeps

  • 1956
  • Approved
  • 1h 40m
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6.9/10
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Sally Forrest in While the City Sleeps (1956)
A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.
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A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York City and the new owner of a media company offers a high position in the company to the first of his senior executives who can get... Read allA serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York City and the new owner of a media company offers a high position in the company to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoop on the case.A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York City and the new owner of a media company offers a high position in the company to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoop on the case.

  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Casey Robinson
    • Charles Einstein
  • Stars
    • Dana Andrews
    • Rhonda Fleming
    • George Sanders
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    7.9K
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    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • Charles Einstein
    • Stars
      • Dana Andrews
      • Rhonda Fleming
      • George Sanders
    • 100User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    Top Cast39

    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Edward Mobley
    Rhonda Fleming
    Rhonda Fleming
    • Dorothy Kyne
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • Mark Loving
    Howard Duff
    Howard Duff
    • Lt. Burt Kaufman
    Thomas Mitchell
    Thomas Mitchell
    • Jon Day Griffith
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Walter Kyne
    Sally Forrest
    Sally Forrest
    • Nancy Liggett
    John Drew Barrymore
    John Drew Barrymore
    • Robert Manners
    • (as John Barrymore Jr.)
    James Craig
    James Craig
    • 'Honest' Harry Kritzer
    Ida Lupino
    Ida Lupino
    • Mildred Donner
    Robert Warwick
    Robert Warwick
    • Amos Kyne
    Mae Marsh
    Mae Marsh
    • Mrs. Manners
    Ralph Peters
    Ralph Peters
    • Gerald Meade
    Sandra White
    • Judith Felton
    • (as Sandy White)
    Larry J. Blake
    Larry J. Blake
    • Tim - Police Desk Sergeant
    • (as Larry Blake)
    Celia Lovsky
    Celia Lovsky
    • Miss Dodd
    Ed Hinton
    • Mike O'Leary
    • (as Edward Hinton)
    Pitt Herbert
    Pitt Herbert
    • Carlo - Bartender at the Dell
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • Charles Einstein
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The movie was adapted from a novel; The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein (1953) which was based on a real murder case that took place in 1946. In that year, William Heirens killed three women and left a message scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror after the second murder. In the message, he urged the police to catch him before he killed again. Because of this, the press dubbed him "The Lipstick Killer".
    • Goofs
      When Robert Manners (John Drew Barrymore, as John Barrymore Jr.) is watching Edward Mobley (Dana Andrews) on TV, he is clutching a copy of "Tales From The Crypt". When he drops it to the floor, a closeup of the comic book now shows it to be titled "The Strangler".
    • Quotes
      • Ed Mobely: You know, you have very nice legs.
      • Nancy Liggett: Aren't you sweet.
      • Ed Mobely: Nice stockings too. What holds your stockings up?
      • Nancy Liggett: There's a lot your mother should have told you.
      • Ed Mobely: I didn't ask my mother. I asked you.
    • Connections
      Featured in Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1988)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • May 30, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mientras duerme Nueva York
    • Filming locations
      • Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Bert E. Friedlob Productions
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,652
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White

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