The Naked City

About 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.

Jules Dassin's The Naked City is a 1948 crime mystery film. Barry Fitzgerald appears as Lt. Dan Muldoon, Howard Duff as Frank Niles, Dorothy Hart as Ruth Morrison, and Don Taylor as Jimmy Halloran.

It runs 96 minutes and was released in March 1948. Written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald.

Shelv files it under film noir, narration, docudrama, and semi-documentary. American members can watch it on Artiflix, Criterion Channel, and HBO Max. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 293 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Scarlet Street, The Big Clock, and Yield to the Night make useful companions to The Naked City, all filed under murder and new york city.