The Naked City [1948] Part 10/10

Based on a story by Malvin Wald, The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, finding the girl's killer.

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Entertainment

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• naked
• city
• film
• noir
• 1948
• jules
• dassin
• barry
• fitzgerald

[mrmasmiller]

the missing part 5 was a bit of a bummer, but still a great film witha great ending.

[tegrimm]

Thanks so much...I fell asleep last night before I could finish this great film. but just finished it..A true noir classic!!

[cosycleaner]

Full marks to the actors and crew with a head for heights.

[jademorgan]

@jahaniman I personally found Barry Fitzgerald''s tongue-in-check portrayal very charming.

[jahaniman]

Everything you would expect from Dassin but with the rather surprising discovery that Barry Fitzgerald is a dreadful ham. A bad casting decision which, happily, does not wreck this great film.

[Pupsweet]

Let's not forget a 30 year-old Art Director named John De Cuir (went on to 3 Oscar wins and 14 nominations) who designed the film. Location sets in films do not create themselves.

[Framblott]

Director Dassin must have been thrilled to make this movie out of real materials. Apparently no studio sets were used. It came out just after Rossellini's Open City, etc. Social realism was in the air. Remember this was BEFORE D.O.A., Dragnet, On the Waterfront & Hill Street Blues. Same year as He Walked By Night. We could compare NC with Jenkins' Manhattan Tower, Sandburg's Chicago, and, for painting a large social entity, TV's The Wire (note inclusion of upper & lower social groups in NC).

[Framblott]

I saw this 1948 in Mechanicville, NY. Loved it. Then visited Manhattan 1951 age 11. Seeing it tonight it all came back--I supplied the colors & smells. The surrounding shell of Hellinger's narration, a prose poem of heightened feeling, connects with vignettes in the movie--girls jumping rope immortalizing their jingle, crowd passing an open telephone booth door, mopping, typing the Linotype: elements that function as symbols in the poem/movie. Loved the hundreds of non-actors in search scenes.

[JubalCalif]

@mrmasmiller

Yeah, that is a shame there was no Part Five...but I've seen the movie on TV a couple of times so knew what happened. A VERY good movie. Outstanding script and cast...and a truly wonderful use of NYC locations.

[smilegeek123]

they should make this part in la noire

[onemooners]

@mrmasmiller i agree

[WintersWar]

that prick shot the dog. sob