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While the City Sleeps (1956) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1956 · 100 mins · English
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Starring
Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Larry J. Blake

Suspense as startling as a strangled scream! Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed “The Lipstick Killer”.

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