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While the City Sleeps

  • 1956
  • Not Rated
  • 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 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 sco... Read allA 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.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.

  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Casey Robinson
    • Charles Einstein
  • Stars
    • Dana Andrews
    • Rhonda Fleming
    • George Sanders
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    6.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • Charles Einstein
    • Stars
      • Dana Andrews
      • Rhonda Fleming
      • George Sanders
    • 86User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Forrest, and Ida Lupino in While the City Sleeps (1956)
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    Dana Andrews, John Drew Barrymore, Vincent Price, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, and Thomas Mitchell in While the City Sleeps (1956)
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    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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    • Trivia
      When the Lipstick Killer is being chased through the city streets, a police car carrying Dana Andrews (as news reporter Edward Mobley) drives past a movie theater where Andrews' name is visible on the marquee.
    • 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 (1989)

    User reviews86

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    Not As Good As Advertised
    Maybe I was expecting too much from this picture. It's billed as a film noir, but I thought the mood was all wrong for a film noir. More like a melodrama bordering on a drama but for the presence of John Barrymore, Jr. It had a great cast with lots off recognizable names and the director was Fritz Lang.

    I just thought it wasn't up to the lofty standard set by Lang in earlier films like 'M" and "The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse", but truth be told, these pictures were made many years before this one. Too much dialogue here, and this picture dearly needed an injection of excitement to break the tedium of the love stories in the sub-plot.

    I like Dana Andrews, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, et al. A big boost was provided by Ida Lupino, always professional, as a sleep-around newspaper columnist. I also felt Barrymore tended toward ham in his portrayal of the psycho killer. My overall impression is of a master director who was losing his fastball, which is a shame. It could have been so much better.

    5/10 - Website no longer prints my star rating.
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    • Nov 11, 2013

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    • Release date
      • May 30, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • News Is Made at Night
    • Filming locations
      • Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Bert E. Friedlob Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,652
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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