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The Naked City

1948 · 96 min

A gritty, documentary-flavored police procedural that walks you through a sweltering city and its many small, ordinary lives.

Tagline
The soul of a city. Her glory stripped! Her passion bared!
Overview
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • greed
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
Starring
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent
Music
Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner
Cinematography
William H. Daniels
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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