While the City Sleeps (1950 film)

While the City Sleeps (Medan staden sover), is a 1950 Swedish crime drama film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Sven-Eric Gamble, Inga Landgré and Adolf Jahr. It is based on the novel Ligister ("Gangsters") by Per Anders Fogelström, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. The well-known Swedish director Ingmar Bergman provided some input on the film. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall.

Cast

 * Sven-Eric Gamble as Jompa
 * Inga Landgré as Iris Lindström
 * Adolf Jahr as Iris' father
 * Elof Ahrle as Manager at Lind Bilservice
 * John Elfström as Jompa's father
 * Hilding Gavle as Fencer
 * Carl Ström as Hansson, janitor
 * Ulf Palme as Kalle Lund
 * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs as Rutan
 * Märta Dorff as Iris' mother
 * Ilse-Nore Tromm as Jompa's mother
 * Ulla Smidje as Asta
 * Hans Sundberg as Knatten Gustafsson
 * Arne Ragneborn as Richard 'Sune' Sundberg
 * Lennart Lundh as Gunnar 'Slampen' Lindström
 * Hans Dahlberg as 	Sven-Erik 'Lång-Sam' Samuelsson
 * Åke Hylén as 	Per 'Pekå' Knutsson
 * Rolf Bergström as 	Gunnar
 * Arthur Fischer as 	Police Officer
 * Ebba Flygare as 	The Fence's Wife
 * Gunnar Hellström as Young Man in Restaurant
 * Julius Jacobsen as Restaurant Pianist
 * Henrik Schildt as 	Worker at Lind Bilservice
 * Alf Östlund as Andersson
 * Harriet Andersson as	Young Girl
 * Mona Geijer-Falkner as Hostess
 * Börje Mellvig as Prosecutor
 * Olav Riégo as 	Judge
 * Meta Velander as Cafe Waitress