While the City Sleeps

Apr 19, 1956

1h 40m

★ 6.9

Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!

Overview

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

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Bert E. Friedlob Productions

While the City Sleeps Trailers

Cast

Edward Mobley

Dana Andrews

Dorothy Kyne

Rhonda Fleming

Mark Loving

George Sanders

Lt. Burt Kaufman

Howard Duff

John Day Griffith

Thomas Mitchell

Walter Kyne

Vincent Price

Nancy Liggett

Sally Forrest

Robert Manners

John Drew Barrymore

"Honest" Harry Kritzer

James Craig

Mildred Donner

Ida Lupino

Amos Kyne

Robert Warwick

Mrs. Manners

Mae Marsh

On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is believed to be writing a book in France, his stepdaughter, Candy, suspects him of murdering her mother, as well as her father years before. With the police unwilling to investigate any further, Candy sets out to confirm her suspicions and take Paul down herself.

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6.3

The Street with No Name

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5.8

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7.0

The Damned Don't Cry

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5.8

The Sleeping City

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6.7

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6.0

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6.1

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5.0

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6.1

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5.8

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5.7

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10.0

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6.0

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0.0

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