The Naked City
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| The Naked City | |
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 The Naked City DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Produced by | Mark Hellinger |
| Written by | Malvin Wald Albert Maltz |
| Starring | Barry Fitzgerald Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Don Taylor |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Distributed by | Universal International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 1948 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Language | English |
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The Naked City is a 1948 black-and-white film noir directed by Jules Dassin. The movie, shot in documentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City featuring such landmarks as the Williamsburg Bridge, and the Whitehall Building in Manhattan. William H. Daniels won an Academy Award for his cinematography. Based on a story by Marvin Wald, The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, finding the girl's killer. The Naked City producer Mark Hellinger's voice was used for the film's narration. Hellinger died of a sudden heart attack after a preview of the movie. The film was the inspiration for the 1958-63 TV series Naked City. It's rumored that the part of the dead body was played by Shelley Winters.
According to the book Noir Style by Alain Silver and James Ursini, the visual style of The Naked City was inspired by New York photographer Weegee, who, although associated with the film and publishing a book of photos of New York life called Naked City (1945), received no credit for the film.
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[edit] Awards
William Daniels won an Academy Award for Best black-and-white Cinematography. The film also won an Oscar for Best Film Editing.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Barry Fitzgerald | Det. Lt. Dan Muldoon |
| Howard Duff | Frank Niles |
| Dorothy Hart | Ruth Morrison |
| Don Taylor | Det. Jimmy Halloran |
| Frank Conroy | Capt. Donahue |
| Ted de Corsia | Willie Garzah aka Willie the Harmonica |
[edit] Quote
- "There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this has been one of them." -- Narrator
[edit] References
- Alain Silver and James Ursini (1999). The Noir Style. Overlook. ISBN 1-58567-485-0.
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