The Naked City

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Cast

Barry Fitzgerald

as Lt. Dan Muldoon

Howard Duff

as Frank Niles

Dorothy Hart

as Ruth Morrison

Don Taylor

as Jimmy Halloran

Frank Conroy

as Captain Donahue

Ted de Corsia

as Willy Garzah

House Jameson

as Dr. Lawrence Stoneman

Anne Sargent

as Mrs. Halloran

Adelaide Klein

as Mrs. Batory

Grover Burgess

as Mr. Batory

Reviews

JPV852

Entertaining crime-drama featuring some great NYC locales and the performance from Barry Fitzgerald was fun. Not a great film noir so can't say it's a classic in my book, but still a well done film from the 1940s. **3.75/5**...

griggs79

By being filmed on the streets of New York, _Naked City_ is a film that earnestly attempts to bring a sense of realism to the noir genre. This ambitious attempt, however, falls short of the mark, lacking the grit and charm that define true noir, and becomes painfully melodramatic. Its effort at auth...

CinemaSerf

There's quite an affecting documentary feel to this film as "Lt. Muldoon" (Barry Fitzgerald) investigates the drowning of model "Jean" in what should have been the safety of her New York apartment. This cop is no slouch and is quickly dragging his newbie sidekick "Jimmy" (Don Taylor) all over the pl...

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