
While the City Sleeps(1956)
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".


“Terror on the loose - as men lose their reason in the grip of mob rule !”
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Macdonald Carey
Larry Wilder

Gail Russell
Sunny Garcia

Johnny Sands
Joe Ferguson

Lee Patrick
Jan Dawson

John Hoyt
Ed Ferguson

Lalo Rios
Paul Rodriguez

Maurice Jara
Lopo Chavez

Walter Reed
Jim Wilson

Herbert Anderson
Jonas Creel

Argentina Brunetti
Mrs. Rodriguez
The Lawless is a drama, crime, thriller film released in 1950 exploring themes of newspaper man. Directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands. A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
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