The Naked City (1948) [NR]

Featuring:
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

Written by:
Albert Maltz
Malvin Wald

Directed by:
Jules Dassin


Release Date:
March 4, 1948

Original Title:
The Naked City

Alternate Titles:
A meztelen város
Alaston kaupunki
Cidade Nua
Den nøgne by
Die nackte Stadt
Hadaka no machi
La città nuda
La cité sans voiles
La ciudad desnuda
Nagie miasto
New York esrarı
Nos Bastidores de Nova Iorque
Oraşul nud
Stadt ohne Maske
Storstad
Γυμνή πόλη
Обнаженный город
裸の町

Genres:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 96

The soul of a city. Her glory stripped! Her passion bared!

The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, finding the girl's killer.

Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter, an attractive blonde model, is murdered in her apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty characters who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie. The climax is a very rapid manhunt sequence. Filmed entirely on location in New York City.

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Rankings and Honors

The Naked City (1948) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes 87%
Metacritic 74/100
Awards Won: Won 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 4 nominations total

Art Direction:
John DeCuir

Associate Producer:
Jules Buck

Camera Operator:
Lew Schwartz

Costume Design:
Grace Houston

Director:
Jules Dassin

Director of Photography:
William H. Daniels

Editor:
Paul Weatherwax

Makeup Artist:
Bud Westmore

Original Music Composer:
Miklós Rózsa
Frank Skinner

Producer:
Mark Hellinger

Screenplay:
Malvin Wald
Albert Maltz

Set Decoration:
Russell A. Gausman
Oliver Emert

Sound Designer:
Leslie I. Carey
Vernon W. Kramer

Story:
Malvin Wald

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