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While the City Sleeps

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While the City Sleeps
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NR,1hr 40min
Genre:
Action
Released:
January 1, 1955
Director:
Fritz Lang
Starring:
Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Sally Forrest  ...more
Synopsis: When media mogul Amos Kyne (Robert Warwick) dies, his business, which includes a major newspaper, a television station, and a wire news service, is turned over to his sole heir, his foppish, ne'er do well son (Vincent Price). The younger Kyne has no knowledge of how to run the company his father built, preferring to spend his time spending the money that it generates, and he decides to let the heads of the three divisions -- newspaper editor John Day Griffith (Thomas Mitchell), wire service chief ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
While the City Sleeps (1954) was Fritz Lang's last fully successful film, one of a pair of movies that he made with independent producer Bert E. Friedlob (the other was Beyond a Reasonable Doubt). Additionally, it has proved to be one of his more enduring successes over the decades, due to the combination of its virtues as a thriller and also as a snapshot of American mores circa 1954. It may not be ... Full Review
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Dana Andrews
Edward Mobley
Ida Lupino
Mildred Donner
Sally Forrest
Nancy Liggett
Rhonda Fleming
Dorothy Kyne
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