---
title: 'While the City Sleeps (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Conway'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 70
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/while-the-city-sleeps-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019571/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# While the City Sleeps (1928)

1928 · 70 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

While the City Sleeps is a 1928 American synchronized sound crime drama film about a tough New York City police detective, played by Lon Chaney, out to catch a murdering gangster. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film was directed by Jack Conway, written by Andrew Percival Younger, and co-starred Anita Page, Carroll Nye, Wheeler Oakman, and Mae Busch.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conway)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph Farnham](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-farnham)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Editor:** [Sam Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-zimbalist)

## Cast

- [Anita Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-page)
- [Lydia Yeamans Titus](https://cinepixo.com/people/lydia-yeamans-titus)
- [Carroll Nye](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-nye)
- [Polly Moran](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-moran)
- [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch)
- [Wheeler Vivian Oakman](https://cinepixo.com/people/wheeler-vivian-oakman)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)

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