The Devil's Sleep (1949)
Today's Moral MENACE !.. Daring expose of the devil drug traffic in 'Bennies', 'Goofies' and 'Phenos' as it really exists.
Innocent youth trapped in a hopped-up hell.
- Date of release
- 1949-05-18
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- W. Merle Connell
Casting
- Lita Grey — Judge Rosalind Ballentine (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
- John Mitchum — Doctor
- Timothy Farrell — Umberto Scalli
- Stan Freed — Hal Holmes
- William Thomason — Detective Sergeant Dave Kerrigan
- Tracy Lynne — Margie Ballantine
- George Eiferman — George Eiferman
- Laura Travers — Jerri Wilson
Interesting facts
The Devil's Sleep is a 1949 exploitation film directed by W. Merle Connell and produced by George Weiss. Connell had previously directed a number of American burlesque films. The film looks at juvenile delinquency, phony women's health gyms, and the pushing of narcotics to teenagers. Using many of the same cast and crew as Test Tube Babies, the film is the first of Timothy Farrell's "Umberto Scalli" trilogy.
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