The Sleeping City

The Sleeping City

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Sept. 20, 1950

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.

The Sleeping City

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Sept. 20, 1950

The Sleeping City
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title The Sleeping City
Directors George Sherman
Writers Jo Eisinger

Cast

Richard Conte

as Fred Rowan

Coleen Gray

as Ann Sebastian

Richard Taber

as Pop Ware

John Alexander

as Insp. Gordon

Peggy Dow

as Kathy Hall

Alex Nicol

as Dr. Steve Anderson