While the City Sleeps (1956)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | While the City Sleeps |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
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| Swedish release | 1957-01-28 |
Cast
Dana Andrews
Edward Mobley, journalist och romanförfattare
Rhonda Fleming
Dorothy Kyne
George Sanders
Mark Loving
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Production Manager | |
| Director of Photography | |
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| Production Designer | |
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| Technical Advisor | |
| Script Supervisor | |
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| Musical Arrangement | |
| Conductor | |
| Music Editor | |
| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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
Production location
| USA | (5 veckors inspelning) | 1955-06 | 1955-07 |
Release dates
| First showing | 1956-05-16 | New York, New York | USA | |||
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| Release in Sweden | 1957-01-28 | Skandia | Stockholm | Sweden | 76 min | |
| TV showing | 1962-12-27 | TV | Sweden | |||
| Cinematheque screening | 1978-05-24 | Sweden | ||||
| 1988-01-05 | Gothenburg | Sweden | ||||
| 1991-05-17 | Sweden | |||||
| 1991-05-22 | Sweden | |||||
| 1991-12-23 | Malmö | Sweden | ||||
| Other showing | 1993-06-10 | |||||
| Cinematheque screening | 2001-10-16 | Spegeln | Malmö | Sweden | 100 min | |
| 2001-10-20 | Bio Capitol | Gothenburg | Sweden | 100 min | ||
| 2001-10-25 | Bio Victor | Stockholm | Sweden | 100 min | ||
| 2001-10-26 | Sture | Stockholm | Sweden | 100 min | ||
| TV showing | 2004-01-27 | SVT2 | Sweden | 73 min | ||
| Cinematheque screening | 2008-04-17 | Sture | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| 2008-04-23 | Bio Victor | Stockholm | Sweden | |||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 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 | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2074 |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Posters
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | set |
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| Colour prints | No |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
| Digital images | No |
| Negatives | No |
| Contact sheets | No |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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