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The Naked City (1948) 7.7
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 ... See full summary » Director:Jules Dassin |
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Cast
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Det. Lt. Dan Muldoon
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Frank Niles
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Ruth Morrison
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Jimmy Halloran
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Captain Donahue
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Garzah
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House Jameson | ... |
Dr. Stoneman
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Anne Sargent | ... |
Mrs. Halloran
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Mrs. Batory
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Mr. Batory
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Tom Pedi | ... |
Detective Perelli
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Enid Markey | ... |
Mrs. Hylton
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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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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The Soul of a City - HER GLORY STRIPPED! HER PASSIONS BARED! (re-release print ad - many caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 March 1948 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die nackte Stadt See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Narrator: There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
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(1887) (uncredited)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music for the girls on swings
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Goofs
In the scene near the end where Garza is running along a street in New York, the car holding the camera (in the passenger window) is visible in the store windows, keeping pace with the actor as he stops and starts. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Narrator: There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits are spoken by producer/narrator Mark Hellinger. No credits are seen on the screen. See more »Soundtracks
"Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)"(1887) (uncredited)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music for the girls on swings
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In New York, the model Jean Dexter is found dead in the bathtub of her apartment apparently after committing suicide. However, the coroner realizes that she was actually murdered with a simulation of suicide, and the experienced Homicide Lieutenant Detective Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) initiates his investigations with Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) and his team, and the prime suspect becomes Jean's friend Frank Niles (Howard Duff), who he an alibi but tells many lies in his statement.
The director Jules Dassin from the masterpiece "Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes" and "Night and the City" presents "The Naked City" totally filmed in locations of New York City and with actors interacting with common people on the streets like in the Italian Neo-Realism. The introduction is unique, with the credits narrated by the producer Mark Hellinger like in a documentary, and I do not recall any other movie with this characteristic. The screenplay discloses a great detective story, very well acted with Barry Fitzgerald playing a cynical and smart lieutenant and Don Taylor an inexperienced and family man detective. In the conclusion, the narrator tells that this is one of the 8,000,000 stories of the naked city, in a time where New York City had only this population (against more than 20 million inhabitants of the present days). My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Cidade Nua" ("Naked City")