Fresh
The story is a cynical twist on Lang's famous M.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
While the City Sleeps
Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!
1956 · 1h 40m · NOT RATED
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Fritz Lang
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While the City Sleeps
Overview
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Director and cast
- Fritz Lang Director
- Dana Andrews as Edward Mobley
- Rhonda Fleming as Dorothy Kyne
- George Sanders as Mark Loving, KNS Chief
- Howard Duff as Lt. Burt Kaufman
- Thomas Mitchell as John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor)
- Vincent Price as Walter Kyne
- Sally Forrest as Nancy Liggett
- John Drew Barrymore as Robert Manners (as John Barrymore Jr.)
- James Craig Cast
- Ida Lupino Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Plot intricacies are deftly interwoven, with director Fritz Lang doing a topflight job of balancing the ingredients without dragging the pace.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
While this journalistic jamboree is more flamboyant than probable, a tight and sophisticated script by Casey Robinson and a clutch of professional performances make While the City Sleeps a diverting and workmanlike fiction.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Lang's most underrated movie.
Steve Jenkins, Time Out
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