A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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While London Sleeps
Also known as {When London Sleeps}
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5810 feet
Directed by H.P. Bretherton

Cast: Rin-Tin-Tin [Rinty], Helene Costello [Dale Burke], Walter Merrill [Thomas Hallard], John Patrick [Foster], Otto Matieson [‘London Letter’], George Kotsonaros [‘The Monk’], De Witt Jennings (DeWitt Jennings) [Inspector Burke], Carl Stockdale [Stokes], Les Bates [Long Tom]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Walter Morosco, from a screen story by Walter Morosco. Assistant director, William Cannon. Cinematography by Frank Kesson. Assistant cameraman, Fred West. / © 29 November 1926 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP23394]. Released 27 November 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Everson-Detective p. 32; Lee-Not p. 141; Weaver-Twenty p. 306 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.