City That Never Sleeps (1953) | |
| Director(s) | John H. Auer |
| Producer(s) | John H. Auer (associate) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Infidelity |
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City That Never Sleeps Overview:
City That Never Sleeps (1953) was a Film Noir - Drama Film directed by John H. Auer and produced by John H. Auer.
SYNOPSIS
John leads the perfect double life: happily married, hardworking cop by day; wretched love slave to a chanteuse by night. When his father is murdered, he's forced to choose between his two lives in order to successfully track the killer.
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YouTube Noir — Noirvember Day 28: City That Never Sleeps (1953)
By shadowsandsatin on Nov 28, 2020 From Shadows and SatinYou don?t hear much about City That Never Sleeps (1953), and that?s a real shame. It?s got a lot of good stuff, from great use of shadows to voiceover narration (okay, it?s the city talking, but whatever). It?s also chock full of dark, cynical, and duplicitous characters, including a magician who ha... Read full article
THE GOOD COP, BAD COP BLOGATHON: City That Never Sleeps (1953)
on Mar 28, 2018 From Caftan WomanEva of Coffee, Classics and Craziness is hosting The Good Cop, Bad Cop blogathon on March 28th to 31st. Click HERE to see who follows the straight and narrow, and who goes for the payoff. "Night brings our troubles to light, rather than banishes them." - Seneca the elder Paula Ramond, Gig You... Read full article
THE GOOD COP, BAD COP BLOGATHON: City That Never Sleeps (1953)
on Mar 28, 2018 From Caftan WomanEva of Coffee, Classics and Craziness is hosting The Good Cop, Bad Cop blogathon on March 28th to 31st. Click HERE to see who follows the straight and narrow, and who goes for the payoff. "Night brings our troubles to light, rather than banishes them." - Seneca the elder Paula Ramond, Gig You... Read full article
Day 26 of Noirvember: City That Never Sleeps (1953)
By shadowsandsatin on Nov 26, 2017 From Shadows and SatinI fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. I can?t exactly put my finger on what it was that took such a hold of me ? maybe it?s the way it opens with a voiceover by the city itself. (?I am the city . . . I am the voice, the heartbeat of this giant, sprawling, sordid and beautiful, poor... Read full article
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Quotes from
Johnny Kelly: I don't think you have the slightest idea how I feel.
Sally 'Angel Face' Connors: Why do you say that?
Johnny Kelly: I feel like I'm in a cement mixer getting slowly chopped and pounded to death. I've seen all that I can stand to see.
Sally 'Angel Face' Connors: When I first came to this town I was gonna be - oh, there were a lot of things I was gonna do. Become famous. But Chicago's the big melting pot, and I got melted, but good.
Penrod Biddel: I tried my best to help you the same as I helped others in the past. You, Lydia, the first time I saw you...
Lydia Biddel: [Interrupting] I was selling coffee and hamburgers behind a counter in a railroad station.
Penrod Biddel: Yes, I had an hour to kill.
Lydia Biddel: [Bitterly] And you used it to murder years of my life.
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