WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS (1938) Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers & Chick Chandler | Crime, Drama | B&W

While New York Sleeps is a 1938 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray. The film stars Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler, Robert Kellard, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber and Marc Lawrence. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by 20th Century Fox.

SYNOPSIS
Newspaperman, Barney Callahan, looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl, Judy King.

CAST & CREW
Michael Whalen as Barney Callahan
Jean Rogers as Judy King
Chick Chandler as Snapper Doolan
Robert Kellard as Malcolm Hunt
Joan Woodbury as Nora Parker
Harold Huber as Joe Marco
Marc Lawrence as Happy Nelson
Sidney Blackmer as Ralph Simmons
William Demarest as Red Miller
June Gale as Kitty
Cliff Clark as Police Insp. Cliff Collins
Edward Gargan as Police Sgt. White
Minor Watson as Charles MacFarland
Robert Middlemass as James Sawyer

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Screenplay by Frances Hyland, Albert Ray
Story by Frank Fenton, Lynn Root
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Cinematography Lucien Andriot
Edited by Norman Colbert
Production company 20th Century Fox
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates December 15, 1938 (New York), January 6, 1939 (United States)
Running time 61 minutes
Country United States
Language English