While the City Sleeps

Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1956-04-19

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Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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While the City Sleeps

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as Edward Mobley

as Dorothy Kyne

as Lt. Burt Kaufman

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

as John Day Griffith

as Nancy Liggett

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore

as Robert Manners

as "Honest" Harry Kritzer

as Mildred Donner

as Mrs. Manners

as Gerald Meade

as Judith Felton

as Mike O'Leary

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

as George "Pop" Pilski

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

as Police Officer (uncredited)

as Police Detective (uncredited)

as Photographer (uncredited)

George DeNormand

George DeNormand

as Police Squad Car Driver (uncredited)

as Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

as Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar (uncredited)

as Newsroom Man (uncredited)

as Bellhop (uncredited)

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sherlock

as Detective (uncredited)

as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

as Newsman (uncredited)

as Police Interrogator (uncredited)

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Bert E. Friedlob

Bert E. Friedlob

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Charles Einstein

Charles Einstein

Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr.

Sound Recordist

Makeup Supervisor

Production Supervisor

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