While the City Sleeps
~Suspense as startling as a strangled scream!
Overview
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Genres
- Thriller
- Drama
General Information
Release Date: 1956-04-19
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 100 min
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Deadline - U.S.A.
New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster before the sale is finalized.
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Killer's Kiss
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Conflict
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
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The Glass Key
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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The Naked City
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Hollow Triumph
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Nightfall
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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Impact
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Overdrive
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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D.O.A.
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
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Pickup on South Street
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The Enforcer
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Come Sunday
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Riot in Cell Block 11
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Brute Force
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Woman on the Run
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Surviving the Game
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The Outfit
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This Gun for Hire
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
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The Drowning Pool
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