- HD 1080
- Runtime: 86m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: George Sherman
- Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander, Peggy Dow
- keywords: film noir, doctor, police officer, police commissioner
- Production_studio: Universal International Pictures
- Slogan: DANGER STALKS THE SILENT STREETS IN...THE SLEEPING CITY
- The The Sleeping City is featured in the top rankings of 1950
- #93 in Top Drama Movies of 1950
- #55 in Top Crime Movies of 1950
- #14 in Top Mystery Movies of 1950
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.