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Stadt ohne Maske

Original title: The Naked City
  • 1948
  • 16
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
15K
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Howard Duff, Barry Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor in Stadt ohne Maske (1948)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

  • Director
    • Jules Dassin
  • Writers
    • Albert Maltz
    • Malvin Wald
  • Stars
    • Barry Fitzgerald
    • Howard Duff
    • Dorothy Hart
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jules Dassin
    • Writers
      • Albert Maltz
      • Malvin Wald
    • Stars
      • Barry Fitzgerald
      • Howard Duff
      • Dorothy Hart
    • 119User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Barry Fitzgerald
    Barry Fitzgerald
    • Lt. Dan Muldoon
    Howard Duff
    Howard Duff
    • Frank Niles
    Dorothy Hart
    Dorothy Hart
    • Ruth Morrison
    Don Taylor
    Don Taylor
    • Det. Jimmy Halloran
    Frank Conroy
    Frank Conroy
    • Captain Donahue
    Ted de Corsia
    Ted de Corsia
    • Willy Garzah
    • (as Ted De Corsia)
    House Jameson
    House Jameson
    • Dr. Lawrence Stoneman
    Anne Sargent
    • Mrs. Halloran
    Adelaide Klein
    • Mrs. Batory
    Grover Burgess
    Grover Burgess
    • Mr. Batory
    Tom Pedi
    Tom Pedi
    • Detective Perelli
    Enid Markey
    Enid Markey
    • Mrs. Hylton
    Mark Hellinger
    Mark Hellinger
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Jean Adair
    Jean Adair
    • Little Old Lady
    • (uncredited)
    Celia Adler
    • Dress Shop Proprietress
    • (uncredited)
    Janie Alexander
    • Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Joyce Allen
    • Shopgirl
    • (uncredited)
    Beverly Bayne
    Beverly Bayne
    • Mrs. Stoneman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jules Dassin
    • Writers
      • Albert Maltz
      • Malvin Wald
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Most of the street scenes were shot on location in New York without the public's knowledge. Photographer William H. Daniels and his uncredited assistant Roy Tripp filmed people on the streets using a hidden camera from the back of an old moving van. Occasionally, a fake newsstand with a hidden camera inside was also set up on the sidewalk to secretly film the actors. Director Jules Dassin hired a juggler to distract the crowds and also hired a man to occasionally climb up on a light post and give a patriotic speech, while waving an American flag to get the crowd's attention.
    • Goofs
      During the end pursuit, Garzah walks past a plump, dark-haired lady in a floral dress, pushing a baby in a stroller. As Donahue pursues in a following scene, he passes the same woman, now walking without her baby carriage and her left hand bandaged.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Narrator: There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are spoken by producer/narrator Mark Hellinger. No credits are seen on the screen.
    • Connections
      Featured in Visions of Light (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)
      (1887) (uncredited)

      Written by Juventino Rosas

      Background music for the girls on swings

    User reviews119

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    7/10
    Noir in plain sight...
    Can film noir work in broad daylight - surely a contradiction in terms..? Well, here, it's attempted and largely pulled off by director Jules Dassin with a down-to-earth almost documentary realism which fully involves the viewer in the action as the well-known tag-line "1 of 8,000,000 stories" (the murder of a pretty female immigrant who's fallen into bad company and criminal habits) is played out over a three-day period in a sunny summery New York cityscape. William Daniels' excellent photography captures a city constantly on the move with its own citizens as accidental extras and actual locations as would-be film-sets. Just as effective is the natural vernacular dialogue with some great one-liners thrown in - none better than Barry Fitzgerald seemingly admiring the rear view of a retreating beautiful female suspect with the remark to a junior colleague "Beautiful long legs she has, wouldn't you say?" to which the underling readily concurs only for old pro Fitzgerald to snap "Keep them in sight for the next 48 hours!" detailing a tail on her. There's also another great scene where the murdered girl's mother berates to all and sundry her dead daughter for her reckless lifestyle and bringing of shame onto her family right up until she is taken to identify the corpse where she breaks down uncontrollably, her maternal feelings restored. The murder tale is slightly convoluted but reasonably easy to follow, no contrived clever-clever plotting here, just an everyday relatively uncomplicated murder, solved by routine police work which makes the headlines due to the beauty of the victim. There's close attention paid to forensics and even the insertion of scenes where perennial sad hoaxers come forward to either claim to solve the murder or even confess to it. The acting is mostly good, Fitzgerald is dapper and spot-on as the world-weary 'tec and his supporting officers all acquit themselves well too. The playing however of some of the criminals gets a little overwrought at times and jars the mood slightly. The film arrives at a reasonably exciting conclusion high above Williamsburg Bridge before the city goes back to sleep awaiting its next story... All done and dusted in 90 very watchable minutes, this is a very entertaining film-blanc I suppose you'd have to call it.
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    • Jan 7, 2009

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    • Release date
      • November 29, 1949 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Naked City
    • Filming locations
      • Williamsburg Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mark Hellinger Productions
      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,400,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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