While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | April 19, 1956

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

While the City Sleeps

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | April 19, 1956

While the City Sleeps
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Bert E. Friedlob Productions
Original title While the City Sleeps
Directors Joe Franklin, Fritz Lang
Writers Charles Einstein, Casey Robinson

Cast

Dana Andrews

as Edward Mobley

Rhonda Fleming

as Dorothy Kyne

George Sanders

as Mark Loving

Howard Duff

as Lt. Burt Kaufman

Thomas Mitchell

as John Day Griffith

Vincent Price

as Walter Kyne

Sally Forrest

as Nancy Liggett

John Drew Barrymore

as Robert Manners

James Craig

as "Honest" Harry Kritzer

Ida Lupino

as Mildred Donner

Robert Warwick

as Amos Kyne

Mae Marsh

as Mrs. Manners

Ralph Peters

as Gerald Meade

Sandy White

as Judith Felton

Celia Lovsky

as Miss Dodd

Ed Hinton

as Mike O'Leary

Pitt Herbert

as Carlo

Vladimir Sokoloff

as George "Pop" Pilski

Eddie Baker

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Waiter (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

Russell Custer

as Police Officer (uncredited)

John Damler

as Police Detective (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

as Photographer (uncredited)

George DeNormand

as Police Squad Car Driver (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

as Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)

Sam Finn

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

Mike Lally

as Bartender in Biscayne's Cocktail Bar (uncredited)

Ralph Manza

as Newsroom Man (uncredited)

Mickey Martin

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Joey Ray

as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

as Detective (uncredited)

Olan Soule

as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Newsman (uncredited)

Carleton Young

as Police Interrogator (uncredited)