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While the City Sleeps ()

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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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Edward Mobley
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Dorothy Kyne
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Mark Loving
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Lt. Burt Kaufman
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Jon Day Griffith
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Walter Kyne
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Nancy Liggett
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Robert Manners (as John Barrymore Jr.)
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'Honest' Harry Kritzer
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Mildred Donner
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Amos Kyne
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Mrs. Manners
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Gerald Meade
Sandra White ...
Judith Felton (as Sandy White)
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Tim - Police Desk Sergeant (as Larry Blake)
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Miss Dodd
Ed Hinton ...
Mike O'Leary (as Edward Hinton)
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Carlo - Bartender at the Dell
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George 'Pop' Pilski
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David Andrews ...
Bar Pianist (uncredited)
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Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Steven - Walter's Butler (uncredited)
Russell Custer ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Police Detective (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
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Police Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
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Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)
Sam Finn ...
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
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Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar (uncredited)
Andrew Lupino ...
Jim Leary (uncredited)
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Newsroom Man (uncredited)
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Bellhop (uncredited)
Joey Ray ...
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
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Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Crime scene investigator (uncredited)
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Newsman (uncredited)
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Police Interrogator (uncredited)

Directed by

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Fritz Lang

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Casey Robinson ... (screenplay)
 
Charles Einstein ... (novel "The Bloody Spur")

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Bert E. Friedlob ... producer (as Bert Friedlob)

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Herschel Burke Gilbert

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Ernest Laszlo ... director of photography

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Gene Fowler Jr. ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Gene Fowler Jr. ... editorial supervisor

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Carroll Clark

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Jack Mills

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Norma Koch ... (as Norma)

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Cherie Banks ... hair stylist
Gustaf Norin ... makeup supervisor (as Gus Norin)

Production Management

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George Yohalem ... production supervisor

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Ronald R. Rondell ... assistant director (as Ronnie Rondell)
Robert H. Justman ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Verna Fields ... sound editor
Buddy Myers ... sound re-recordist
Jack Solomon ... sound engineer

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Robert Martien ... wardrobe (as Bob Martien)
Jackie Spitzer ... wardrobe

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Herschel Burke Gilbert ... conductor
Joseph Mullendore ... orchestrator
Alfred Perry ... music editor
Walter Sheets ... orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department

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Joe Franklin ... set continuity
Violet McComas ... set continuity

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Bert E. Friedlob ... presenter (as Bert Friedlob)
Mike Kaplan ... technical advisor
Leo Taub ... assistant to producer
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Plot Summary

Bedridden Amos Kyne is the owner and manager of Kyne Enterprises. Upon Amos' death, his son, the ineffectual and disliked Walter Kyne, takes control of the business. Not wanting to do any of the work but retain the glory, Walter creates a new position, "executive director", who effectively will become head of the organization, and a power struggle erupts between the executives. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on a rampage in New York City, and women fear for their lives. Reporter Ed Mobley tries to catch the killer and to prevent Kyne Enterprises from being destroyed over boardroom intrigues. A surprise "dark horse" wins the "executive director" position. Written by Huggo (updated by Rms125a@hotmail.com)

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Taglines Suspense as startling as a strangled scream ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • News Is Made at Night (United States)
  • La cinquième victime (France)
  • Die Bestie (Germany)
  • Mientras Nueva York duerme (Spain)
  • Пока город спит (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 100 min
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Trivia The movie was adapted from a novel; The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein (1953), which in turn was based on a real murder case that took place in 1946. In that year William Heirens killed three women and left a message scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror after the second murder. In the message, he urged the police to catch him before he killed again. Because of this, the press dubbed him "The Lipstick Killer". See more »
Goofs When Robert Manners (John Drew Barrymore, as John Barrymore Jr.) is watching Edward Mobley (Dana Andrews) on TV, he is clutching a copy of "Tales From The Crypt". When he drops it to the floor, a closeup of the comic book now shows it to be titled "The Strangler". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Toutes les histoires (1989). See more »
Quotes Ed Mobely: You know, you have very nice legs.
Nancy Liggett: Aren't you sweet.
Ed Mobely: Nice stockings too. What holds your stockings up?
Nancy Liggett: There's a lot your mother should have told you.
Ed Mobely: I didn't ask my mother. I asked you.
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