While New York Sleeps (1938)
- Directed by
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A newspaper reporter investigates a series of crimes in New York City. He works with police and a female journalist to track down the culprits before they strike again.
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What happens
While New York Sleeps is a 1938 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray. The film stars Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler, Robert Kellard, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber and Marc Lawrence. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Woman-Wise (1937)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.