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While the city sleeps /

"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 whee...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: RKO Radio Pictures, Turner Entertainment Co, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, Friedlob, Bert E., 1906-1956, Robinson, Casey, Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992, Fleming, Rhonda, 1923-2020, Sanders, George, 1906-1972, Duff, Howard, 1913-1990, Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962, Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, Forrest, Sally, Barrymore, John, 1932-2004, Craig, James, 1912-1985, Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995, Einstein, Charles
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2010]
Edition:Remastered edition.
Series:Archive collection.
Subjects:
Serial murder investigation > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Serial murders > Drama.
Serial murderers > Drama.
Women > Crimes against > Drama.
Reporters and reporting > Corrupt practices > Drama.
Crime and the press > United States > Drama.
Mass media and crime > Drama.
Sensationalism in journalism > Drama.
Film noir.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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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.
Item Description:This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Based on the novel The bloody spur by Charles Einstein.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R; widescreen format (aspect ratio 16x9, 2:1); Dolby digital mono.
Audience:Not rated by MPAA.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Ernest Laszlo ; editorial supervision, Gene Fowler, Jr. ; music, Herschel Burke Gilbert.