While the City Sleeps (1956) - film review

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While the City Sleeps is an American film first released in 1956, directed by Fritz Lang. The film is based on a novel by Charles Einstein and stars Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders and Howard Duff. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Fritz Lang
Script: Charles Einstein (novel), Casey Robinson
Photo: Ernest Laszlo
Music: Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cast: Dana Andrews (Edward Mobley), Rhonda Fleming (Dorothy Kyne), George Sanders (Mark Loving, KNS Chief), Howard Duff (Lt. Burt Kaufman), Thomas Mitchell (John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor)), Vincent Price (Walter Kyne), Sally Forrest (Nancy Liggett), John Drew Barrymore (Robert Manners), James Craig (’Honest’ Harry Kritzer), Ida Lupino (Mildred Donner), Robert Warwick (Amos Kyne), Mae Marsh (Mrs. Manners), Ralph Peters (Gerald Meade (Sentinel crime reporter)), Sandy White (Judith Felton), Larry J. Blake (Tim, Police Desk Sergeant), Celia Lovsky (Miss Dodd (Kyne’s nurse)), Ed Hinton (Mike O’Leary, Plainclothes Man), Pitt Herbert (Carlo, Bartender at the Dell), Vladimir Sokoloff (George ’Pop’ Pilski), David Andrews (Bar Pianist), Ralph Brooks (Waiter), Leonard Carey (Steven, Walter’s Butler), Sayre Dearing (Photographer), Joe Devlin (Newspaper Teletype Operator), Mike Lally (Bartender in Biscayne’s Cocktail Bar), Andrew Lupino (Jim Leary), Mickey Martin (Bellhop), Charles Sherlock (Detective), Bert Stevens (Newsman), Carleton Young (Police Interrogator)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 100 min; B&W

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