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While the City Sleeps

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.

Director

Fritz Lang

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

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Edward Mobley

Dorothy Kyne

Mark Loving

Lt. Burt Kaufman

Jon Day Griffith

Thomas Mitchell

Walter Kyne

Nancy Liggett

Robert Manners

John Drew Barrymore

'Honest' Harry Kritzer

Mildred Donner

Amos Kyne

Mrs. Manners

Gerald Meade

Judith Felton

Tim - Police Desk Sergeant

Miss Dodd

Mike O'Leary

Carlo - Bartender at the Dell

George 'Pop' Pilski

Vladimir Sokoloff

Bar Pianist

Newspaper Worker

Waiter

Steven - Walter's Butler

Police Officer

Police Detective

Photographer

Police Squad Car Driver

George DeNormand

Newspaper Teletype Operator

Newspaper Worker

Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar

Jim Leary

Newsroom Man

Bellhop

Newspaper Worker

Headwaiter

Detective

Charles Sherlock

Crime scene investigator

Newsman

Police Interrogator

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Nancy Liggett Lt. Burt Kaufman Robert Manners Mrs. Manners Dorothy Kyne 'honest' Harry Kritzer

- Yes?
- Drugstore. - While the City Sleeps

- Yes? - Drugstore.

[doorbell rings] - While the City Sleeps

[doorbell rings]

[door clattering] - While the City Sleeps

[door clattering]

[typewriter clacking] - While the City Sleeps

[typewriter clacking]

Mr. Mobley, You're on
the air in 15 minutes. - While the City Sleeps

Mr. Mobley, You're on the air in 15 minutes.

- Hello.
- Going home, Mildred? - While the City Sleeps

- Hello. - Going home, Mildred?

- Hey! Bright eyes!
- Yes, sir? - While the City Sleeps

- Hey! Bright eyes! - Yes, sir?

[ringing] - While the City Sleeps

Mr. Griffith,
Mr. Kyne would like to see you. - While the City Sleeps

Mr. Griffith, Mr. Kyne would like to see you.

Gentlemen. - While the City Sleeps

Hello? - While the City Sleeps

On your way, will you tell
Mobley to come in? - While the City Sleeps

On your way, will you tell Mobley to come in?

- Well?
- You're on. - While the City Sleeps

- Well? - You're on.

I WANT TO GET THE JOB THAT'S THE IDEA - While the City Sleeps

I WANT TO GET THE JOB THAT'S THE IDEA

[music continues] - While the City Sleeps

[music continues]

You have very nice legs - While the City Sleeps

You have very nice legs

I HAVE NOT WANTED TO DISTURB YOU - While the City Sleeps

I HAVE NOT WANTED TO DISTURB YOU

Shall we phone
my mother and father? - While the City Sleeps

Shall we phone my mother and father?

Hey, what are they doing
in there? - While the City Sleeps

Hey, what are they doing in there?

[phone rings] - While the City Sleeps

Anything? - While the City Sleeps

We've got a scoop on the
biggest story in the country. - While the City Sleeps

We've got a scoop on the biggest story in the country.

You missed something, Ed. - While the City Sleeps

You missed something, Ed.

Okay, Okay.
I'll take it to him myself. - While the City Sleeps

Okay, Okay. I'll take it to him myself.

Don't call yourself my
boy, Meade! You're through! - While the City Sleeps

Don't call yourself my boy, Meade! You're through!

He's NOT my father - While the City Sleeps

He's NOT my father

Shall I show you how
much I love my mother? - While the City Sleeps

Shall I show you how much I love my mother?

Oh I have such a good boy!
Now I'll bring your breakfast. - While the City Sleeps

Oh I have such a good boy! Now I'll bring your breakfas...

Pretty? - While the City Sleeps

The drugstore! - While the City Sleeps

- Did Mildred tell you too?
- Mildred's told everybody. - While the City Sleeps

- Did Mildred tell you too? - Mildred's told everybody.

Ha ha ha, Walter Kyne
will fall off his chair. - While the City Sleeps

Ha ha ha, Walter Kyne will fall off his chair.

Send copies to Griffith
and to Kritzer. - While the City Sleeps

Send copies to Griffith and to Kritzer.

- Mr. Griffith and Mr. Kritzer.
- Okay. - While the City Sleeps

- Mr. Griffith and Mr. Kritzer. - Okay.

Operator, is the Kyne residence
still busy? - While the City Sleeps

Operator, is the Kyne residence still busy?

Haven't you located Mobley yet? - While the City Sleeps

Haven't you located Mobley yet?

Now, Burt, I know our next move. - While the City Sleeps

Now, Burt, I know our next move.

But I didn't do anything - While the City Sleeps

But I didn't do anything

- Are you going to be in later?
- All day. - While the City Sleeps

- Are you going to be in later? - All day.

[dramatic music] - While the City Sleeps

[dramatic music]

[doorbell ringing] - While the City Sleeps

[doorbell ringing]

'Go away, Mobley,
leave me alone.' - While the City Sleeps

'Go away, Mobley, leave me alone.'

Get out of here.
Get away. - While the City Sleeps

Get out of here. Get away.

[screaming] - While the City Sleeps

Help! Help! - While the City Sleeps

Nancy, are you alright? - While the City Sleeps

Nancy, are you alright?

I want the front page
down to the fold. - While the City Sleeps

I want the front page down to the fold.

Benny? John Griffith. - While the City Sleeps

Benny? John Griffith.

Nothing more about
the women he molested? - While the City Sleeps

Nothing more about the women he molested?

He should get another
Pulitzer Prize for this. - While the City Sleeps

He should get another Pulitzer Prize for this.

- Where have you been?
- Over here and there, darling. - While the City Sleeps

- Where have you been? - Over here and there, darling.

Carlo, can you please find me
a sandwich and a glass of milk? - While the City Sleeps

Carlo, can you please find me a sandwich and a glass of milk...

I don't know why
we had to travel all night - While the City Sleeps

I don't know why we had to travel all night

Get your things off - While the City Sleeps

Get your things off

I DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND DARN LITTLE THE NIGHT BEFORE - While the City Sleeps

I DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND DARN LITTLE THE...

My my, how warm
it gets down here. - While the City Sleeps

My my, how warm it gets down here.

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A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.

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Director: Fritz Lang

Writer: Casey Robinson, Charles Einstein

Production: N/A

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1956

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 May 1956

Awards: N/A

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