While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!

1956•1h 40m•6.9/10

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6.9/10(142)

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

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Production

Bert E. Friedlob Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

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

John Day Griffith

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Walter Kyne

Sally Forrest

Sally Forrest

Nancy Liggett

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore

Robert Manners

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

Sandy White

Judith Felton

Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Tim

Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky

Miss Dodd

Ed Hinton

Ed Hinton

Mike O'Leary

Pitt Herbert

Carlo

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

George "Pop" Pilski

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker

Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

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