Synopsis
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Movie Information
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writers
- Casey Robinson
- Release Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Genre
- Thriller, Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (149 votes)
Top Cast
Dana Andrews
Edward Mobley
Rhonda Fleming
Dorothy Kyne
George Sanders
Mark Loving
Howard Duff
Lt. Burt Kaufman
Thomas Mitchell
John Day Griffith
Vincent Price
Walter Kyne
Sally Forrest
Nancy Liggett
John Drew Barrymore
Robert Manners
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