Directed By Jules Dassin
SYNOPSIS
New York detectives investigate the murder of a model and uncover that she was involved in a ring of jewel thieves.
A film noir classic!
The plot may seem tame today, compared with the hundreds of hours of police procedural TV shows that have come since (including the Naked City series that aired from 1958-63) but the film still remains entertaining and exciting. The characters are all dynamic and interesting, especially Barry Fitzgerald's somewhat aloof Det. Muldoon. But the real star was the city.
The film was entirely shot on location in Manhattan... many times with hidden cameras. So the actors did their thing on the streets of the city among an oblivious public. This brings an amazing sense of realism.
The voice-over, by producer Mark Hellinger, is dated, and cheesy at times, but it was common at the time for film noir that was going for a docu-drama approach like The House on 92nd Street and many others.
All in all, the story keeps you interested and it builds suspense the whole way through to the action-packed conclusion. There are 8 million stories in the naked city... and this one is a pretty damn good one.
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