With the opening of the film and with Richard Conte giving us an introduction and we know that there will be locations set of New York's Bellevue Hospital. Great with these two in place and the lovely Coleen Gray as well it should have been wonderful. Unfortunately even though with the hospital and its doctors and a great opening with a riverside killing, the story is really not good enough. Conte is splendid and he was really good also with Cry of the City (1948), Thieves' Highway (1949) and The Big Combo (1955). Coleen is great and also in Nightmare Alley (1947), Red River (1948) and The Killing (1956). Its a shame that with these actors and the writing of Jo Eisinger, like Gilda (1946) and Night and the City (1950) this is okay but surely could have been a bit better.
Review of The Sleeping City
