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While New York Sleeps (1938)

While New York Sleeps poster
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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