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The Naked City
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Not Rated
1948
1h 36m
[Crime](/on-demand/category/crime), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
7.5
86%
79%
7.2
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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)
The Naked City Ratings & Reviews
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
The Naked City marks the first filmic attempt to describe such a setting as if it were a living being […] The city demands both love and hate; it reveals all the beauty and terror that humanity is capable of within a few hundred square miles.
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.
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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