The Sleeping City
DANGER STALKS THE SILENT STREETS IN...THE SLEEPING CITY
1950 · 1h 26m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
George Sherman
Overview
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.
Director and cast
- George Sherman Director
- Richard Conte as Fred Rowan
- Coleen Gray as Ann Sebastian
- Richard Taber as Pop Ware
- John Alexander as Insp. Gordon
- Peggy Dow as Kathy Hall
- Alex Nicol as Dr. Steve Anderson
- Carroll Ashburn as Famous Surgeon (uncredited)
- Frank Baxter as Interne (uncredited)
- Dort Clark as Interne (uncredited)
- Mickey Cochran Cast
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