While London Sleeps is a 1926 Warner Bros. film about a police-dog, Rinty, who helps Scotland Yard defeat a dangerous criminal organisation known as the Mediterranean Brotherhood that operates out of the Limehouse district of London. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Walter Morosco wrote the screenplay. It was the first of many films directed by Howard Bretherton, and one of several created for Rin Tin Tin, a German Shepherd dog used in films during the 1920s and 1930s. Only the sound discs to the film survive today with the visual film portions being lost. The British release prints censored the more horrific aspects of the film.
While London Sleeps (1926)
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Silent Film |
Sub-Genres - Serial Killer, Silent Feature, Silent Film |
Release Date - Nov 27, 1926 |
Run Time - 63 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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London
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Narrative Location: London
Subject: serial killer
Subject: serial killer
Alternate Titles
Enquanto Londres Dorme
BR
Naar London sover
DK
Rin-Tin-Tin unter Verbrechern
DE
Wenn London schläft...
AT
While London Sleeps
US
ロンドンの丑満時
JP