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While the City Sleeps
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While the City Sleeps is a 1956 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay was written by Casey Robinson and Carroll Clark, with Carroll Clark also serving as production designer. Norma Koch designed the costumes, Ernest Laszlo handled cinematography, and Gene Fowler Jr. edited the film. The score was composed by Herschel Burke Gilbert. The black-and-white movie was produced by RKO Pictures and Bert E. Friedlob Productions.
The narrative is set in New York City and centers on newspaper men competing to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer." The cast includes Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, and John Drew Barrymore. The film has a runtime of 100 minutes. It was released in 1956, with dates including April 19 and May 16. Distribution formats include video on demand, and it is available via TCM.
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6.9Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Cast
- Dana Andrews as Edward Mobley
- Rhonda Fleming as Dorothy Kyne
- George Sanders as Mark Loving
- Howard Duff as Lt. Burt Kaufman
- Thomas Mitchell as John Day Griffith
- Vincent Price as Walter Kyne
Themes
- new york city
- film noir
- serial killer
- black and white
- newspaper man
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Screenwriter
- Carroll Clark
- Cast member
- Carleton Young
- Composer
- Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Laszlo
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 509845
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- While the City Sleeps (1956 poster).jpg
Show 8 more facts
- publication date
- 1956-12-28
- title
- While the City Sleeps
- production designer
- Carroll Clark
- distributed by
- RKO Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Norma Koch
- film editor
- Gene Fowler Jr.
- review score
- 91%
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