Adelaide Klein, Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor
Attractive blonde model Jean Dexter is murdered in her apartment and homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran take on the case. Their investigation ties the model's death to a string of apar...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2007
Stats: 204 reviews
Modern film-goers take much for granted - our cinemas are so packed with high-octane exercises in special effects and pyrotechnics that an explosion or two seems to be a guarantee for the price of a ticket. But, in a limitless world of film, it's easy to overlook some of the grea...( read more)
excellent! great street scenes of 40's new york, many shot with hidden camera. the narration gets a bit silly and barry fitzgerald is kind of odd but dassin compensates with an awesome climactic chase on the williamsburg bridge! a huge influence on tv police dramas. 8 million...( read more)
There are 8 million stories in the naked city, we are told. This is one of them. A fairly standard plot, The Naked City pieces together an ensemble of cops navigating the labyrinth murder investigation of a young model. Lies are told, people are not who they seem. It's a real who...( read more)
"the naked city" is a story about one gorgeous blonde murdered in her own bathtube that triggers the police force doing the hide-and-seek of all the suspects involved, narrated in first-person voice over, but the identity of the narrator is mytically absent.
this flick is uniq...( read more)
Crazy cool Weegee-esque 1947 New York exteriors. This movie begins where most film noirs end. Slightly humdrum police procedural but at the time it was a real breakthrough, since imitated by Dragnet and a hundred Jerry Bruckheimer TV shows. There are eight million stories in t...( read more)
Avant que quelqu'un ne le demande: oui, ils sont dans la même famille, c'est son père. Joseph est Français, mais Jules est né aux États-Unis, de parents russes. Il a réalisé plusieurs films noirs importants en sol américain, parmi lesquels "The Naked City" dont on se souvient pri...( read more)
The narration can be bothering a bit but the view of the Manhattan and the masterhood of Jules Dassin in making a noir make an excellent movie.
Has gotta be the first great cop film ever. With such insight into the goings on of a case, and with action way ahead of its time, spectacular movie.
A little noir film with fantastic views of classic NYC. I couldn't help but wish that I too could be on those streets, day and night, living that life. The movie is full of witty banter, but also, surprisingly gripping. Its silly and over the top, but thats part of the fun. Class...( read more)
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