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While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps1956

★6.9100 minThrillerDrama

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

Director

Writer

Score

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Stars

Dana Andrews Rhonda Fleming George Sanders

Cast37

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
Sally Forrest
as Nancy Liggett
John Drew Barrymore
as Robert Manners
James Craig
as "Honest" Harry Kritzer
Ida Lupino
as Mildred Donner
Robert Warwick
as Amos Kyne
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Manners
Ralph Peters
as Gerald Meade
S
Sandy White
as Judith Felton
Larry J. Blake
as Tim
Celia Lovsky
as Miss Dodd
Ed Hinton
as Mike O'Leary
P
Pitt Herbert
as Carlo
Vladimir Sokoloff
as George "Pop" Pilski
Eddie Baker
as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
R
Ralph Brooks
as Waiter (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
as Walter's Butler (uncredited)
R
Russell Custer
as Police Officer (uncredited)
John Damler
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
as Photographer (uncredited)
G
George DeNormand
as Police Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)
S
Sam Finn
as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar (uncredited)
Ralph Manza
as Newsroom Man (uncredited)
M
Mickey Martin
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Joey Ray
as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Detective (uncredited)
Olan Soule
as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
B
Bert Stevens
as Newsman (uncredited)
Carleton Young
as Police Interrogator (uncredited)

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