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The Naked City
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Not Rated
1948
1h 33m
Crime
,
Drama
,
and more
7.5
86%
79%
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A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
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Cast of The Naked City
Barry Fitzgerald
Lt. Dan Muldoon
Howard Duff
Frank Niles
Dorothy Hart
Ruth Morrison
Don Taylor
Jimmy Halloran
Frank Conroy
Captain Donahue
Ted de Corsia
Willy Garzah
House Jameson
Dr. Lawrence Stoneman
Anne Sargent
Mrs. Halloran
Adelaide Klein
Mrs. Batory
Grover Burgess
Mr. Batory
Tom Pedi
Detective Perelli
Enid Markey
Mrs. Hylton
Mark Hellinger
Narrator (voice) / Producer
Jean Adair
Little Old Lady (Uncredited)
Celia Adler
Dress Shop Proprietor (Uncredited)
Janie Alexander
Girl (Uncredited)
Joyce Allen
Shopgirl (Uncredited)
Beverly Bayne
Mrs. Stoneman (Uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Detective (Uncredited)
Harris Brown
Harvey (Uncredited)
Ralph Bunker
Hoffman (Uncredited)
Walter Burke
Pater Backalis (Uncredited)
Alexander Campbell
Policeman (Uncredited)
Retta Coleman
Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Charles Meade (Uncredited)
Curt Conway
Det. Nick (Uncredited)
Russ Conway
Ambulance Doctor (Uncredited)
Grace Coppin
Miss Livingston (Uncredited)
William Cottrell
Bisbee (Uncredited)
Harold Crane
Man (Uncredited)
Sarah Cunningham
Nurse (Uncredited)
Johnny Dale
Mr. Stillman (Uncredited)
Denise Doyle
Girl (Uncredited)
Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig
Photographer (Uncredited)
Paul Ford
Henry Fowler (Uncredited)
Andre D. Foster
Jeweler (Uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
Pearl Gaines
Mrs. Hylton's Maid (Uncredited)
Earle Gilbert
Banker (Uncredited)
Bruce Gordon
Cop at Williamsburg Bridge (uncredited)
William E. Green
Man (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
City Editor (uncredited)
James Gregory
Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Cop (uncredited)
Robert H. Harris
Druggist (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Bern Hoffman
Wrestler (uncredited)
Cavada Humphrey
Mother (uncredited)
Edwin Jerome
Publisher (uncredited)
Nicholas Joy
Mr. McCormick (uncredited)
Joe Kerr
Ned Harvey (uncredited)
Judson Laire
Publisher (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Police Photographer (uncredited)
Marion Leeds
Nurse (uncredited)
George Lynn
Detective Fredericks (uncredited)
John Marley
Managing Editor (uncredited)
John McQuade
Detective Dace Constantino (uncredited)
Carl Milletaire
Young Man Who Confesses to Dexter Murder (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen
Martha Swenson (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
Sgt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
David Opatoshu
Sgt. Dave Miller (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Patrolman (uncredited)
Hester Sondergaard
Miss Owens (uncredited)
John Randolph
Ed Garzah (uncredited)
William Cottrell
Bisbee (uncredited)
Jules Dassin
Director
Malvin Wald
Writer
Albert Maltz
Writer
The Naked City Ratings & Reviews
IndieWire
Brandon Judell
This horrendously acted, written, and directed crime caper tries to discover who chloroformed a beautiful blonde model and then drowned her in her own bathtub.
Spectrum Culture
David Harris
Naked City may be a ho-hum crime picture but it allows New York the chance to play itself, giving us - future viewers - a glorious time capsule from the past.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
New York City itself is the real star of this influential crime flick that broke from the established norm by being filmed on actual locations rather than on a Hollywood studio lot.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
'The Naked City' is a classic police procedural, brilliantly told, with the tiniest details seeming like huge breakthroughs.
Elements of Madness
Douglas Davidson
... in light of decades' worth of belief that law enforcement is always right when there is clear evidence to the contrary, perhaps there's more darkness in the truth than there ever was in fiction.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Outstanding mystery with brilliant location photography in New York City.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
The on-location photography and final minutes on the streets and bridge are impressive, but this noir is more memorable for what it inspired to follow it than in its slow talky self.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
One of Jules Dassin's best features is a quintessential film noir, distinguished by its on-location shooting and Daniels' sharp imagery, which deservedly won the Oscar
Variety
Variety Staff
Throughout, despite its omniscient, stark melodrama, there has been no sight lost of an element of humor.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Affords the viewer a look at a type of city life that has long since disappeared, giving the film a kind of documentary time-capsule flavor.
Filmcritic.com
Jake Euker
What The Naked City does is paint an indelible vision of both the New York City that never sleeps and of the human life and industry that teems within it
TV Guide
This superlative film set the pattern for myriad documentary-type dramas to come.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
A definite parochial fascination is liberally assured all the way and the seams in a none-too-good whodunnit are rather cleverly concealed.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It plays as just another crime episode in a typical homicide detective's day.
Lawrence Journal-World
Jon Niccum
Standard plot but the visuals are amazing
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
The narration is the only bad thing about an otherwise wonderful [film].
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A first-rate police thriller.
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