The Sleeping City (1950)

Directed by

George Sherman

Genre

film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective goes undercover as a medical intern to investigate a murder at a New York hospital. He uncovers secrets and faces danger among the staff and patients.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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