The Sleeping City(Movie, 1950)

Name: The Sleeping City
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1950
Duration: T01:25:00
Rating: 2.9

| 1h 25min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rating: 2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

The Sleeping City is a 1950 American film noir crime film in semidocumentary style that was set in and filmed at New York's Bellevue Hospital. Directed by George Sherman, it stars Richard Conte and Coleen Gray. The film is notable for its photography, and was one of the few motion pictures of the era to be shot entirely on location. The film begins with an unusual prologue, featuring Conte, to assure the audience that the story is "completely fictional" and did not take place at Bellevue or in New York City. The prologue was inserted at the insistence of New York mayor William O'Dwyer, who felt that the script besmirched the reputation of the city-run hospital. ()

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About The Sleeping City

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/20/1950

Cast: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, John Alexander

Director: George Sherman

Producer: Leonard Goldstein

Screenwriter: Jo Eisinger

Film Editor: Frank Gross

Composer: Frank Skinner

Production Designer: Bernard Herzbrun

Keywords: doctor, police officer, film noir, police commissioner

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Sleeping City(Movie, 1950)

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