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While the City Sleeps

1956 · 100 min

A chilly, talky newsroom noir where ambition and adultery feel as predatory as the killer everyone chases.

Tagline
Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!
Overview
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Written by
Casey Robinson
Starring
Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore
Music
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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