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The Naked City
The Naked City
7.8
/10
1,541 Ratings

THE NAKED CITY

Directed by Jules Dassin
United States, 1948
Crime, Drama, Film noir

Synopsis

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective Halloran and Lieutenant Muldoon investigate her murder. As Muldoon and Halloran start to fill in the details of the victim’s past, they find that she had a lively social life, filled with many suitors, and the mystery becomes more complex.

Synopsis

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective Halloran and Lieutenant Muldoon investigate her murder. As Muldoon and Halloran start to fill in the details of the victim’s past, they find that she had a lively social life, filled with many suitors, and the mystery becomes more complex.

Our take

One of the first Hollywood productions to be shot entirely on the streets of NYC, this vivid police procedural from Jules Dassin marries noir to city symphony. Hugely influential, Kurosawa would borrow its textural detail for Stray Dog, while The French Connection tapped its thrill of the chase.