Rent The Naked City (1948)
3.8 of 5 from 109 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- New York, the middle of summer. A blonde ex-model is murdered in her bathtub and detectives Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and Halloran (Don Taylor) assigned to the case. Their investigation will lead them through the entire city, from Park Avenue to the Lower East Side, culminating in a thrilling climax atop the Williamsburg Bridge.
- Actors:
- Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey, Jean Adair, Celia Adler, Janie Alexander, Joyce Allen, Beverly Bayne, Ralph Brooks, Harris Brown, Ralph Bunker
- Directors:
- Jules Dassin
- Producers:
- Mark Hellinger
- Voiced By:
- Mark Hellinger
- Writers:
- Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
- Others:
- William Daniels, Paul Weatherwax
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1948
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/10/2014
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Screenwriter Malvin Wald
- New York and The Naked City - a personalised history of NYC on the big screen by critic Amy Taubin
- Jules Dassin at LACMA - a 52-minute interview with Bruce Goldstein in which the director discusses his career
- The Hollywood Ten - a 1950 documentary short on the ten filmmakers blacklisted from Hollywood for their refusal to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee, including The Naked City's screenwriter, Albert Maltz
- Gallery of production stills by photojournalist Weegee
- Theatrical Trailer
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Seminal - The Naked City review by sb
FILM & REVIEW The Naked City - Jules Dassin’s seminal Cop drama - a voice over that runs through the film introduces us to New York City at 1am on a hot summers night. We see the city winding down for some while the night will be the last for a young girl murdered in her apartment . Her cleaner discovers the body and the Homocide Squad are soon on it. Led by experienced twinkly Irish cop Muldoon (Fitzgerald) with his rookie cop Halloran (Taylor) they soon trace a possible suspect Niles (Duff) but this is a guy who changes his story more often than he changes his underwear and it’s to up to NYPD’s finest unravel the case. Soon we are up to our ears in jewellery thieves, blackmail and harmonica playing wrestlers while the cops do all the legwork all over Manhattan. What makes it so superb is that it’s all shot on the streets of the City with NYC as much an intergal part of the story as the plot itself. The voice over morphs into a kinda Greek chorus even advising the characters on a course of action. The use of locations is just fantastic and you can see how much an influence it has on things like The French Connection all accompanied by a thunderous score by Miklos Rosa and a superb finale atop the Brooklyn Bridge. There are 8 million stories in this City…..this is just one of them - 5/5
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