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While the City Sleeps
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6.3A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
Released: 1928-02-1566 minDir: Jack ConwayDrama, Crime
Cast
- Lon Chaney as Dan Coghlan
- Anita Page as Myrtle Sullivan
- Carroll Nye as Marty
- Wheeler Oakman as Eddie 'Mile-Away' Skeeter Carlson
- Mae Busch as Bessie Ward
- Polly Moran as Mrs. Minnie McGinnis
Themes
- gangster
- detective
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Screenwriter
- Joseph Farnham
- Cast member
- Lydia Yeamans Titus
- Composer
- William Axt
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 70
- FilmAffinity ID
- 897654
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- publication date
- 1928-01-01
- title
- While the City Sleeps
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- film editor
- Sam Zimbalist
- Commons category
- While the City Sleeps (1928 film)
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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1928 American films1928 crime drama films1928 English-language films1928 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican crime drama filmsAmerican gangster filmsAmerican police detective filmsAmerican silent drama filmsAmerican silent feature filmsAmerican silent mystery filmsAmerican silent thriller filmsFictional portrayals of the New York City Police DepartmentFilms about the New York City Police DepartmentFilms directed by Jack ConwayFilms set in New York CityFlappersMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsSynchronized sound filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date