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While the City Sleeps (1956) · Cineora

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A FRITZ LANG FILM

While the City Sleeps

19561h 40mNRMovie

DramaThriller

IMDb6.9/ 10 · 8K votes

SUSPENSE AS STARTLING AS A STRANGLED SCREAM!

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

Suspenseful
Tense
Dark
Whodunit
Workplace
Big city

Pace: Brisk
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Some focus

Good for late nights and talking about after.

DirectorFritz Lang

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.9 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Dana AndrewsEdward Mobley

Rhonda FlemingDorothy Kyne

George SandersMark Loving

Howard DuffLt. Burt Kaufman

Thomas MitchellJohn Day Griffith

Vincent PriceWalter Kyne

Sally ForrestNancy Liggett

John Drew BarrymoreRobert Manners

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