While the City Sleeps

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"While the City Sleeps" is a 1956 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, centered on a media empire’s ruthless internal power struggle amid the hunt for a serial killer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Charles Einstein
The Bloody Spur
cinematography Ernest Laszlo
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
director Fritz Lang
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Gene Fowler Jr.
filmingProcess black-and-white
genre crime drama
film noir
thriller film
hasAlternativeClassification media industry drama
newspaper film
hasFritzLangFilmographyPosition late American period of Fritz Lang
hasSerialKillerCharacter John Drew Barrymore character
hasSetting New York City
hasTitleLanguage English
mainTheme ambition and corruption in the press
corporate rivalry
sensationalist journalism
medium theatrical feature film
musicBy Herschel Burke Gilbert
narrativeFocus hunt for a serial killer
media empire power struggle
notableFor critique of mass media sensationalism
depiction of newsroom politics
originalLanguage English
partOf American film noir canon
producer Bert E. Friedlob
productionCompany Bert E. Friedlob Productions
publicationDate 1956
releaseYear 1956
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Casey Robinson
setInPeriod 1950s
starring Dana Andrews
George Sanders
Howard Duff
Ida Lupino
John Drew Barrymore
Rhonda Fleming
Thomas Mitchell
Vincent Price
workLocation Hollywood

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Howard Duff notableWork While the City Sleeps
Rhonda Fleming notableWork While the City Sleeps
Warren Duff notableWork While the City Sleeps
Chicago V hasPart While the City Sleeps
John Drew Barrymore notableWork While the City Sleeps
Anita Page appearedIn While the City Sleeps