While the City Sleeps (1956)

USA, 100 min
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Basic facts

Original title While the City Sleeps
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1957-01-28

Cast

Dana Andrews
Edward Mobley, journalist och romanförfattare

Rhonda Fleming
Dorothy Kyne

George Sanders
Mark Loving

Howard Duff
löjtnant Bert Kaufman

Thomas Mitchell
John Day Griffith

Vincent Price
Walter Kyne

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Titles

Original title
  • While the City Sleeps
Swedish release title
  • Det femte offret
Distribution title
  • Die Bestie (Västtyskland)
  • La cinquième victime (Frankrike)
  • Mientras Nueva York duerme (Spanien)
Working title
  • News Is Made at Night

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Production Assistant
Musical Arrangement
Conductor
Music Editor
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Dana Andrews Edward Mobley, journalist och romanförfattare
Rhonda Fleming Dorothy Kyne
George Sanders Mark Loving
Howard Duff löjtnant Bert Kaufman
Thomas Mitchell John Day Griffith
Vincent Price Walter Kyne
Sally Forrest Nancy Liggett
John Barrymore Jr. Robert Manners
James Craig Harry Kritzer
Ida Lupino Mildred Donner
Robert Warwick Amos Kyne
Mae Marsh Mrs. Manners, Roberts mor
Ralph Peters Gerald Meade
Sandy White Judith Fenton
Larry J. Blake Tim, polis
Celia Lovsky Miss Dodd
Ed Hinton (as Edward Hinton) Michael O'Leary
Pitt Herbert Carlo, bartendern
Vladimir Sokoloff George Pilski
Andrew Lupino

Companies

Production Company Bert Friedlob Productions Inc.
Copyright RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 1956-05-09 (LP6517)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) RKO Radio Films AB 1957
Rosenbergs Filmbyrå AB

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 88910
Date 1956-11-27
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2080 meters
Censored length 2077 meters
Notes "I akt V utgår några bilder i avsnittet med mördarens försök att strypa blondinen"


Censorship number 88910
Date 1956-10-08
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2080 meters
Censored length 2077 meters
Notes Censurklipp i akt 6 (5). Visningskopiorna sammanklippta till 5 akter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.00:1 (RKO-Scope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2733 meter
Length in minutes 100 min


Original work

Original title The Bloody Spur (Novel)
Author Charles Einstein


Production location

USA (5 veckors inspelning) 1955-06 1955-07

Release dates

First showing 1956-05-16 New York, New York USA
Release in Sweden 1957-01-28 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 76 min
TV showing 1962-12-27 TV Sweden
Other showing 1993-06-10
TV showing 2004-01-27 SVT2 Sweden 73 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-04-17
2008-04-23
2023-11-21 Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2074


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm


Size About 70 x 100 cm


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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