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The Naked City (1948)

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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 12  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

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 thieves. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Motion Picture Story. Academy Awards: Best... 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]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Ted De Corsia

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

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 3, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Additional Footage - Jules Dassin at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003)
  • Audio Commentary - Malvin Wald - Screenwriter
  • Interview - 1. James Sanders
  • 2. Dana Polan
  • Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Essay - Luc Sante
  • Stills/Photos

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4/5

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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05/30/07
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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4/5

... a seminal work that's not to be missed.

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04/10/07
Dawn Taylor
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03/29/07
Violet Glaze
Orlando Weekly
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4/5

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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02/18/07
Jake Euker
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4/4

This superlative film set the pattern for myriad documentary-type dramas to come.

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08/31/06
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3/5

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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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
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06/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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It plays as just another crime episode in a typical homicide detective's day.

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05/18/04
Dennis Schwartz
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4/5

Standard plot but the visuals are amazing

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04/25/03
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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3/5

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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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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01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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