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Release Date:
September 20, 1950
Original Title:
The Sleeping City
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Production Companies:
Universal International Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 86
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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Art Direction:
Emrich Nicholson
Bernard Herzbrun
Assistant Director:
John Sherwood
Costume Designer:
Rosemary Odell
Director:
George Sherman
Director of Photography:
William Miller
Editor:
Frank Gross
Gaffer:
Arthur Maher
Grip:
William J. Nallan
Hairstylist:
Donoene M. Lambert
Makeup Artist:
Ira Senz
Music Director:
Frank Skinner
Musician:
Ethmer Roten
Original Music Composer:
Frank Skinner
Producer:
Leonard Goldstein
Production Manager:
Lew Leary
Screenplay:
Jo Eisinger
Script Supervisor:
Josephine Cohn
Set Decoration:
Fred Ballmeyer
Sound:
Leslie I. Carey
Corson Jowett
Still Photographer:
Frank Serjack
Story:
Jo Eisinger
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