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The Naked City

  • 19481948
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
14K
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The Naked City (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.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
14K
YOUR RATING
    • Jules Dassin
    • Albert Maltz(screenplay)
    • Malvin Wald(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Barry Fitzgerald
    • Howard Duff
    • Dorothy Hart
    • Jules Dassin
    • Albert Maltz(screenplay)
    • Malvin Wald(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Barry Fitzgerald
    • Howard Duff
    • Dorothy Hart
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 111User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Won 2 Oscars

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    Howard Duff, Barry Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor in The Naked City (1948)
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    Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart in The Naked City (1948)
    Walter Burke and Ted de Corsia in The Naked City (1948)
    Walter Burke and Ted de Corsia in The Naked City (1948)
    Ted de Corsia in The Naked City (1948)

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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
    • 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)
      • Jules Dassin
      • Albert Maltz(screenplay)
      • Malvin Wald(screenplay) (story)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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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
      When Garzah 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.
    • 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 The Movie Orgy (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)
      (1887) (uncredited)

      Written by Juventino Rosas

      Background music for the girls on swings

    User reviews111

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    Featured review
    7/10
    The star of this film is...
    ...New York! This film is presented as a quasi-documentary (it is not). Though the story is fictional, the setting is entirely real - 1948 New York City. And that is the biggest appeal of the picture (I was born and raised there so I may be biased). Some interior shots appear to have been filmed on a sound stage, but the bulk of it is on location. For example, there is a scene filmed in lower Manhattan near Rivington and Norfolk streets. It show's a bustling, thriving "family" neighborhood with well dressed folks and kids playing in the neighborhood. It looks nothing like that now - just a place to pass through to get to somewhere else (though there is a school there now - check google maps and find the intersection - you can see the same building in the opening shot for that scene).

    Story-wise, it's a pretty solid film especially considering how dated movies from this period can be. There appears to be a real attempt to make the movie as accurate as possible and goes out of its way to include the methods used in solving modern crimes such as forensics - probably a novelty at the time. The acting is solid throughout. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with the idea of a narrator - on the one hand, it lends authenticity to the documentary feel, but on the other, it can take you "out" of the picture at times. Overall, very worth watching. I give it a thumbs up (can I do that here?)
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    • lord_cadbury
    • Feb 29, 2012

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1948 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Williamsburg Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mark Hellinger Productions
      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Black and White

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