

The Sleeping City (1950)
Crime
Mystery
Drama
- 1h 26m
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DANGER STALKS THE SILENT STREETS IN...THE SLEEPING CITY
Overview
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.
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast

Richard Conte
Fred Rowan

Coleen Gray
Ann Sebastian
Richard Taber
'Pop' Ware

John Alexander
Insp. Gordon

Peggy Dow
Kathy Hall

Alex Nicol
Dr. Steve Anderson
Carroll Ashburn
Famous Surgeon (uncredited)
Frank Baxter
Interne (uncredited)

Dort Clark
Interne (uncredited)
Mickey Cochran
Police Det. Diamond (uncredited)
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