The Naked City

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The Naked City
The Naked City DVD cover
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
IMDb profile

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 Malvin 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 published a book of photos of New York life called Naked City (1945).

1 Awards
2 Featured cast
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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
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