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City That Never Sleeps (1953) is a film noir produced and directed by John H. Auer with cinematography by John L. Russell.

Plot

Johnny Kelly is a Chicago cop from a long line of policemen. He's grown tired of the job and his married life. He plans on leaving his wife for exotic dancer Sally "Angel Face" Connors. When Penrod Biddel, a corrupt, powerful attorney, wants him for a job, Johnny is tempted. He needs money in order to get quick money to escape Chicago and start life anew with "Angel Face". Kelly accepts an assignment to escort a low-life former magician now criminal across the border to Indiana. Not all is what it seems and the more Kelly learns the more he's determined to do right.

Trivia

Some of the movies writing ends up in a 2001 Bob Dylan song "Honest With Me" from the CD "Love and Theft":

**Well, I'm stranded in the city that never sleeps
**Some of these women they just give me the creeps
**I'm avoidin' the Southside the best I can
**These memories I got, they can strangle a man

Cast

Gig Young
as Johnny Kelly
Mala Powers
as Sally 'Angel Face' Connors
William Talman
as Hayes Stewart
Edward Arnold
as Penrod Biddel
Chill Wills
as Sgt. Joe, the 'Voice of Chicago'
Marie Windsor
as Lydia Biddel
Paula Raymond
as Kathy Kelly

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