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The Sleeping City

DANGER STALKS THE SILENT STREETS IN...THE SLEEPING CITY
Sep 20, 1950 · 1h 26m
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Crime
Mystery
Drama

PLOT

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.

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CAST

Richard Conte
Fred Rowan
Coleen Gray
Ann Sebastian
Richard Taber
'Pop' Ware
John Alexander
Insp. Gordon
Peggy Dow
Kathy Hall
Alex Nicol
Dr. Steve Anderson
Carroll Ashburn
Famous Surgeon (uncredited)
Frank Baxter
Interne (uncredited)
Directed by George Sherman

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Universal International Pictures

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