While the City Sleeps
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"While the City Sleeps" is a 1956 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, centered on a media empire’s ruthless internal power struggle amid the hunt for a serial killer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| While the City Sleeps canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Charles Einstein
NERFINISHED
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The Bloody Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Fowler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification |
media industry drama
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newspaper film ⓘ |
| hasFritzLangFilmographyPosition | late American period of Fritz Lang ⓘ |
| hasSerialKillerCharacter | John Drew Barrymore character ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ambition and corruption in the press
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corporate rivalry ⓘ sensationalist journalism ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Herschel Burke Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
hunt for a serial killer
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media empire power struggle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of mass media sensationalism
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depiction of newsroom politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film noir canon ⓘ |
| producer | Bert E. Friedlob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bert E. Friedlob Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Casey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| starring |
Dana Andrews
NERFINISHED
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George Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Duff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ John Drew Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhonda Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.