City That Never Sleeps
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| City That Never Sleeps | |
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 City That Never Sleeps movie poster |
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| Directed by | John H. Auer |
| Produced by | John H. Auer |
| Written by | Steve Fisher |
| Starring | Gig Young Mala Powers William Talman |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) | August 7, 1953 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
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City That Never Sleeps (1953) is a film noir produced and directed by John H. Auer with cinematography by John L. Russell.
[edit] Plot
Johnny Kelly is a Chicago cop from a long line of police officers. He's grown tired of the job and his married life. He plans on leaving his wife for exotic dancer Sally "Angel Face" Connors. When Penrod Biddel, a corrupt, powerful attorney, wants him for a job, Johnny is tempted. He needs money in order to get quick money to escape Chicago and start life anew with "Angel Face". Kelly accepts an assignment to escort a low-life former magician now criminal across the border to Indiana. Not all is what it seems and the more Kelly learns the more he's determined to do right.
[edit] Trivia
Some of the movie's writing ends up in a 2001 Bob Dylan song "Honest With Me" from the CD "Love and Theft":
Well, I'm stranded in the city that never sleeps Some of these women they just give me the creeps I'm avoidin' the Southside the best I can These memories I got, they can strangle a man
[edit] Cast
- Gig Young as Johnny Kelly
- Mala Powers as Sally 'Angel Face' Connors
- William Talman as Hayes Stewart
- Edward Arnold as Penrod Biddel
- Chill Wills as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
- Marie Windsor as Lydia Biddel
- Paula Raymond as Kathy Kelly
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