The Naked City

The Resource The Naked City
Label
The Naked City
Statement of responsibility
Universal Pictures Company ; a Mark Hellinger production ; a Universal-International release ; screenplay by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald, from a story by Mr. Wald ; produced and narrated by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Jules Dassin
Title variation
Jules Dassin's The Naked City
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Jean Dexter is an attractive blonde model who is murdered in her New York City apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty people who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie
Member of
Awards note
Academy Awards, USA, 1949: Oscar - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (William H. Daniels) ; Best Film Editing (Paul Weatherwax) ; Named to the National Film Registry in 2007 by the Library of Congress.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, William Daniels ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; art director, John F. DeCuir ; original music, Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner
Dewey number
791.4372
Language note
Optional English SDH for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1995.9.D4
LC item number
J8547 2007
PerformerNote
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey
Runtime
96
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
380
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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