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The Naked City

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The Naked City (1948)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:11

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The story is based on facts about a young woman who is brutally murdered in the streets of New York City and the subsequent manhunt for her killer, who eventually leads the police to a ring of... The story is based on facts about a young woman who is brutally murdered in the streets of New York City and the subsequent manhunt for her killer, who eventually leads the police to a ring of thieves. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Motion Picture Story. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography, Best Film Editing. [More]

Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor

Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Ted De Corsia, House Jameson, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey

Director: Jules Dassin

Director: Jules Dassin
Producer: Mark Hellinger
Screenwriter: Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
Composer: Miklos Rozsa, Frank Skinner

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Nov 9, 1999

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Affords the viewer a look at a type of city life that has long since disappeared, giving the film a kind of documentary time-capsule flavor.

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Ken Hanke
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03/29/07
Violet Glaze
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Orlando Weekly

What The Naked City does is paint an indelible vision of both the New York City that never sleeps and of the human life and industry that teems within it

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03/09/07
Jake Euker
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Jake Euker
Jake Euker
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This superlative film set the pattern for myriad documentary-type dramas to come.

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08/31/06
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A definite parochial fascination is liberally assured all the way and the seams in a none-too-good whodunnit are rather cleverly concealed.

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It plays as just another crime episode in a typical homicide detective's day.

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Standard plot but the visuals are amazing

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Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The narration is the only bad thing about an otherwise wonderful [film].

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02/28/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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A first-rate police thriller.

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