The Naked City (1948) Full Movie

Dwight N 18 Mar 2012

This movie works on many different levels. If you love history you will love this film as a time capsule of 1947 America. Almost all the street scenes were filmed with hidden cameras so that the non-actor participants were able to react normally. If you love crime films, this is the model for all modern crime dramas that came after. Also the police are portrayed very positively which I believe should be the case. Most police officers and detectives are honest, hard-working men and women who deserve to be portrayed this way.

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Sunshine S 09 Jul 2007

: Attractive blonde model Jean Dexter is murdered in her apartment and homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran take on the case. Their investigation ties the model's death to a string of apartment

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Nathan Rabin 19 May 1997

Perhaps the best thing about Naked City is that it does justice to that source material. At times, it rivals Weegee's best work in its harsh, unsentimental portrayal of New York as a city with a dark side the size of the Hudson River.

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Cindy I 21 May 2010

The research librarian in me loves this procedural drama about a the murder of a party girl and the steps the police go through to solve the case. Some people made find it too slow, but for detail-oriented folks like me, it's a treat.

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Alex B 21 Jul 2008

Somewhat roughly drawn at times in story and character, but maybe it seems so especially because it was so pioneering/influential. It can't tell (and this may not be a flaw) if it wants to be tragic or epic (or maybe it wants to be both).

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