City That Never Sleeps (1953) is a film noir produced and directed by John H. Auer with cinematography by John L. Russell.
Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) 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 (Mala Powers). When Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold), a corrupt, powerful attorney, wants him for a job, Johnny is tempted. He ...
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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.
Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) 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 (Mala Powers). When Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold), 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 (William Talman), 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.
Film critic Craig Butler wrote, "City That Never Sleeps is an uneven crime drama, one that contains some enough good elements that it's frustrating the film as a whole is not better. The chief culprit is, as so often, the screenplay,...
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