The Naked City Poster

The Naked City (1948)

NR 03/04/1948 Crime, Mystery, Thriller 1h 36m
72%
User
Score
7.5/10
86%
74/100

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

Overview

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Jules Dassin

Director

Albert Maltz

Screenplay

Malvin Wald

Story

Top Billed Cast

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

House Jameson

House Jameson

Dr. Lawrence Stoneman

Anne Sargent

Anne Sargent

Mrs. Halloran

Adelaide Klein

Adelaide Klein

Mrs. Batory

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Media

The Naked City (1948) - Trailer

The Naked City (1948) - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by JPV852

Written on August 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**...

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A review by griggs79

Written on November 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 authenticity is marred by its excessive voiceover, as Brian Cox's character in _Adaptation._ warned: "And God help you if you use voiceover in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing." The narration feels like a lazy shortcut that detracts from the visual storytelling instead of enhancing it.

This one's all talk, no grit....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 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 place in search of clues. Suspicion initially falls on the woman's close friend "Niles" (Howard Duff) but the police are pretty convinced that her maid, and also possibly her best pal "Ruth" (Dorothy Hart), may know more than they're letting on too. When they discover a bottle of sedatives, that some of her jewellery has gone missing and then a corpse floating in the East River the men must wade through a mire of lies, deceit and mis-information from witnesses who seem determined that the truth wi...

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