The Naked City (1948)

Directed by

Jules Dassin

Genre

documentary film, drama film, film noir, crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 285 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Police detectives investigate the murder of a young model in New York City. The story follows their methodical work as they track down leads through the city's streets and buildings.

grittydocumentary-stylenoirdeliberateatmosphericurbanhardboiled

What happens

The Naked City (a.k.a. Naked City) is a 1948 American crime procedural produced by Mark Hellinger; directed by Jules Dassin; and written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald, from a story by Wald. Starring Barry Fitzgerald, with Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor in support, the film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. It was shot almost entirely on location in New York City. Naked City received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography for William H. Daniels and another for film editing to Paul Weatherwax. In 2007, the highly influential film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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