Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub.
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them.
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted.
The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "SCUM" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he repeatedly ignored her.
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While the City Sleeps (1956) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
The original trailer in high definition. of While the City Sleeps directed by Fritz Lang and starring Dana Andrews Rhonda Fleming George Sanders Vincent ...
While The City Sleeps - Trailer
Ask mother says the message scrawled in lipstick at a murder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. It's a sensational story -- if it bleeds ...
While the City Sleeps (1956) Clip
Fritz Lang's all-star classic noir from 1956. Buy this remastered DVD edition: ...
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Preview Clip)
The sudden death of a newspaper tycoon sets his potential successors at each other's throats while a city is stalked by a serial killer and a news organization ...
While the city sleeps 1956 Director Fritz Lang
Another Fritz Lang's film - Excellent holder scene with the great Ida Lupino.
While the City Sleeps
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Principal scenes from this kids' film, minus all shots featuring Sabu, were also used in the semi-adult film "Untamed Mistress", made and released by the same people in the same year.
A musician loses his job after he is seriously injured in a car crash. After his wife leaves him to pursuit an acting career, he is forced to take care of his mother and his daughter by himself.
Jules Duraton is the headmaster of Chatelbourg's high school. He is happily married, has a teenage daughter named Solange, and everything would be for the best of all possible worlds if he and his family were not the namesakes of the protagonists of a famous comic series broadcast every day on Radio Monde "La Famille Duraton".