Media services has so many movies that I’m always surprised by what I find. Today the movie While the City Sleeps (HU DVD 7621) caught my eye.
This Fritz Lang film was released in 1956. Here’s our summary:
“Ask mother” says the message scrawled in lipstick at a muder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. It’s a sensational story – if it bleeds, it leads – and a news conglomerate offers a big promotion to the high-level company exec who solves the case. So begins the wheeling, dealing and backstabbing of the competing media hotshots as they vie to unmask the so-called Lipstick Killer.
Fun fact from Wikipedia: “several props—some of which featured a large K in a circle—were recycled from Citizen Kane, which RKO had made 15 years earlier, and may have prompted the use of the name “Kyne.””
Not a favorite with all viewers (see this review), it’s still worth a look. Here’s a sample:
Happy viewing!