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While the City Sleeps (1928)
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15 September 1928 (USA) morePlot:
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Gritty human interest policier moreCast
(Credited cast)| Lon Chaney | ... | Dan Callahan | |
| Anita Page | ... | Myrtle | |
| Carroll Nye | ... | Marty | |
| Wheeler Oakman | ... | Skeeter | |
| Mae Busch | ... | Bessie | |
| Polly Moran | ... | Mrs. McGinnis | |
| Lydia Yeamans Titus | ... | Mrs. Sullivan | |
| William Orlamond | ... | Dwiggins | |
| Richard Carle | ... | Wally |
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City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Los Angeles City Hall, which opened in April of 1928, appears on film for perhaps the first time in the background of a few rooftop scenes. moreFAQ
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Lon Chaney is a police plain clothes detective who is out to get criminal Wheeler Oakman while trying to keep Anita Page and Carroll Nye on the straight and narrow. The one movie where he almost gets the girl. Nice New York locale and humorous Joe Farnham titles.