While the City Sleeps (1956 film)

thumb While the City Sleeps is a 1956 film about a serial killer who been killing beautiful women in New York, and the new owner of a media company who offers a high ranking job to the 1st administrator who can get the earliest scoops on the case. Directed by Fritz Lang. Written by Casey Robinson, based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein. Sensational LIPSTICK Murderer  (taglines) Dialogue Ed Mobely: You know, you have very nice legs. Nancy Liggett: Aren't you sweet. Ed Mobely: Nice stockings too. What holds your stockings up? Nancy Liggett: There's a lot your mother should have told you. Ed Mobely: I didn't ask my mother. I asked you. Ed Mobely: [as he's holding Nancy tight in her apartment's doorway] I should have a permit. Nancy Liggett: To kiss me? Ed Mobely: Hmm... an explorer's permit. Nancy Liggett: Do explorers have to have permits? Ed Mobely: They should have, especially when they're headed for uncharted territory. Forgive me angel, I know not what I say. Nancy Liggett: Goodnight, drunk. Ed Mobely: But I didn't do anything! Lt. Burt Kaufman: You think if you're drunk, it doesn't count, huh? Taglines Suspense as startling as a strangled scream! Sensational LIPSTICK Murderer The story of these big-time newspaper people is more sensational than any crime they cover. It will keep you on the edge of your seat... and your nerves. TEN TOP STARS! TEN PEAK PERFORMANCES! They sell out their own mothers! Cast Dana Andrews — Edward Mobley Rhonda Fleming — Dorothy Kyne George Sanders — Mark Loving Howard Duff — Burt Kaufman Thomas Mitchell — Jon Day Griffith Vincent Price — Walter Kyne Sally Forrest — Nancy Liggett John Drew Barrymore — Robert Manners (Lipstick Killer) James Craig — "Honest" Harry Kritzer Ida Lupino — Mildred Donner Robert Warwick — Amos Kyne Mae Marsh — Mrs. Manners Ralph Peters — Gerald Meade Sandy White — Judith Felton Larry J. Blake — Police Desk Sergeant External links 0049949 While the City Sleeps Category:Films about serial killers Category:Films about journalists Category:Film noir Category:Films directed by Fritz Lang Category:1956 American films Category:1956 English-language films Category:American psychological thriller films Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films set in New York City