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City That Never Sleeps

1953, Movie, NR, 90 mins

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A strange and compelling film, this production was aimed at competing with the highly successful THE NAKED CITY, done in the popular 1950s semidocumentary style. Young is a cop resentful at having been talked onto the force by his police sergeant father Hulett. He is in love with Powers, a sultry stripper, but she tells him she intends to run off with ex-lover Cassell unless he leaves the city with her, abandoning his wife, Raymond. Cassell is an entertainer with a bizarre s... read more leave a comment
Year: 1953
Rated NR

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Cast
Gig Young: Johnny Kelly
Mala Powers: Sally Connors "Angel Face"
William Talman: Hayes Stewart
Edward Arnold: Penrod Biddel
Marie Windsor: Lydia Biddel
Paula Raymond: Kathy Kelly

 

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