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While the City Sleeps(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-04-19
69%
142 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!
Overview:
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Bert E. Friedlob Productions
Movie: While the City Sleeps
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dana Andrews
Edward Mobley
Rhonda Fleming
Dorothy Kyne
George Sanders
Mark Loving
Howard Duff
Lt. Burt Kaufman
Thomas Mitchell
John Day Griffith
Vincent Price
Walter Kyne
Sally Forrest
Nancy Liggett
John Drew Barrymore
Robert Manners
James Craig
"Honest" Harry Kritzer
Ida Lupino
Mildred Donner
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