{"id":33556,"date":"2023-08-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33556"},"modified":"2023-08-19T23:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:14:27","slug":"while-the-city-sleeps-1956-directed-by-fritz-lang-starring-dana-andrews-rhonda-fleming-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33556","title":{"rendered":"“While the City Sleeps” (1956) directed by Fritz Lang, starring Dana Andrews & Rhonda Fleming \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the City Sleeps <\/em><\/strong>(1956)<\/span><\/p>\n

Director: Fritz Lang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Casey Robinson<\/strong> based on The Bloody Spur<\/a> by<\/em> Charles Einstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders<\/strong>, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, Ida Lupino, Robert Warwick, Mae Marsh, Larry J. Blake<\/strong> and Celia Lovsky<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 Sensational LIPSTICK Murderer<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lipstick Killer has the city on edge.\u00a0 He continues to murder women and leave taunting messages.\u00a0 The killings are coming with greater frequency. The news media is having a field day.<\/p>\n

Amos Kyne (Warwick) died leaving his son, Walter (Price) in charge of the Kyne News Media conglomerate (newspaper, television, wire service).\u00a0 Walter has little business sense. He decides his best bet is to create an Executive Director to run the corporation.\u00a0 Walter offers the job to his top reporter\/television commentator, Edward Mobley (Andrews).\u00a0 Mobley turns him down flat.<\/p>\n

Walter then tells the head of each arm of the conglomerate that whoever breaks the story of the capture of The Lipstick Killer will become the new Executive Director of Kyne News Media.\u00a0 All three men want the job and are willing to go to great lengths to get it.\u00a0 Although Mobley doesn’t want the position, he agrees to help his friend get it. Mobley goes on live tv and taunts the killer.\u00a0 This puts Mobley and his fianc\u00e9 in the killer’s path.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vincent Price is perfectly cast as the smarmy son placed in charge of a business that he has no idea how to run.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of romance drama at the expense of serial killer drama.<\/p>\n

There was a real serial killer dubbed The Lipstick Killer<\/a>\u00a0a decade prior to the release of While the City Sleeps<\/em>!<\/p>\n

While the City Sleeps <\/em><\/strong>(1956)<\/span> rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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