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The Naked City

The Naked City

7.2/ 10

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1948

Release Year

96 min

Runtime

Crime
Mystery
Thriller

Overview

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

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Keywords

new york city
narration
film noir
murder
docudrama
semi-documentary
procedural

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Reviews(3)

6.3avg rating
JPV852

JPV852

August 29, 2020

8
8/10

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**

griggs79

griggs79

November 14, 2024

4
4/10

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 auth

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 20, 2024

7
7/10

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 pl

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