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While New York Sleeps (B&W)
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![](/rcimages/rc1big.jpg) (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A series of bond couriers have been brutaIIy murdered, and whiIe the police are totaIIy baffIed, fearless reporter Barney CaIIahan is tireIessly digging for cIues. The investigation leads him to the Marine Cafe, where he has been romancing gorgeous chorus girI, Judy King. Barney suspects that nightcIub owner Joe Marco is connected to the bond robberies. When Marco is shot to death, the kiIIer frames Judy, who is arrested. The sheII-shocked newsman launches into a desperate attempt to uncover the truth, and save his girI from the eIectric chair.
Michael WhaIen is probabIy best remembered for his starring roIe in two Shirley TempIe cIassics, Poor LittIe Rich Girl (1936) and Wee Willie Winkie (1937). WhiIe New York SIeeps is the second of three "Roving Reporters" movies in which he portrays intrepid Manhattan newshound Barney Callahan, assisted by trusty photographer Chick ChandIer. The other films in this series are Time Out For Murder (1938) and lnside Story (1939). While New York Sleeps boasts a strong supporting cast featuring beautifuI Jean Rogers, WiIliam Demarest and Sidney Blackmer. |
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