While the City Sleeps(1956)
Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Movie: While the City Sleeps
Top 10 Billed Cast
Edward Mobley
Dorothy Kyne
Mark Loving
Lt. Burt Kaufman
John Day Griffith
Walter Kyne
Nancy Liggett
Robert Manners
"Honest" Harry Kritzer
Mildred Donner
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