The Naked City (1948)

Movie Details

Original Title The Naked City

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.5

Cast

Barry Fitzgerald

Lt. Dan Muldoon

Popularity: 1.4

Howard Duff

Frank Niles

Popularity: 0.8

Dorothy Hart

Ruth Morrison

Popularity: 0.2

Don Taylor

Jimmy Halloran

Popularity: 0.8

Frank Conroy

Captain Donahue

Popularity: 0.4

Ted de Corsia

Willy Garzah

Popularity: 0.4

House Jameson

Dr. Lawrence Stoneman

Popularity: 0.2

Anne Sargent

Mrs. Halloran

Popularity: 2.1

Adelaide Klein

Mrs. Batory

Popularity: 0.4

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Grover Burgess

Mr. Batory

Popularity: 0.2

Tom Pedi

Detective Perelli

Popularity: 0.7

Enid Markey

Mrs. Hylton

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Screenplay Malvin Wald, Albert Maltz

Producer Mark Hellinger

Editor Paul Weatherwax

Director Jules Dassin

Production

Universal International Pictures

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Keywords

new york city narration film noir murder docudrama semi-documentary procedural

Reviews from TMDB

JPV852 8/10

Aug 29, 2020

Entertaining crime-drama featuring some great NYC locales and the performance from Barry Fitzgerald was fun. Not a great film noir so can't say it's a classic in my book, but still a well done film from the 1940s. **3.75/5**

griggs79 4/10

Nov 14, 2024

By being filmed on the streets of New York, _Naked City_ is a film that earnestly attempts to bring a sense of realism to the noir genre. This ambitious attempt, however, falls short of the mark, lacking the grit and charm that define true noir, and becomes painfully melodramatic. Its effort at auth ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Nov 20, 2024

There's quite an affecting documentary feel to this film as "Lt. Muldoon" (Barry Fitzgerald) investigates the drowning of model "Jean" in what should have been the safety of her New York apartment. This cop is no slouch and is quickly dragging his newbie sidekick "Jimmy" (Don Taylor) all over the pl ... Read more