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Movie Description
The story is based on facts about a young woman who is brutally murdered in the streets of New York City and the subsequent manhunt for her killer, who eventually leads the police to a ring of thieves. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Motion Picture Story. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography, Best Film Editing.
Synopsis
Filmed on location, this gripping crime drama tells a tragic tale of life in gritty New York City. When a beautiful girl is found murdered in her bathtub, homicide detectives painstakingly comb Manhattan in search of the killer. Their investigation leads them to a playboy, and culminates in a thrilling chase on the Williamsburg Bridge.
Industry Reviews
"...Still fun to watch and also a great cross-reference for HEAT..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (12/15/1995)
"Realistic, reluctant to sensationalize, it captures the city's hustle and bustle, tracking a murder investigation with detail and humour."
Total Film - Daniel Webb (04/01/2004)
"A marvelous time capsule of bustling New York just before newfangled TV began keeping folks indoors."
USA Today - Mike Clark (03/23/2007)
"THE NAKED CITY wears its neo-neo realism on its sleeve..."
Sight and Sound - Tom Charity (07/01/2007)
Quotations
"There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this has been one of them." -- Narrator (Mark Hellinger).
"This is the city as it is. The children at play, the buildings in their naked stone." -- Narrator (Mark Hellinger).
"A lamb led to slaughter, an idiot robbed of self-respect." -- Doctor, describing himself.
"It's one o'clock on a hot summer night and this is the face of New York when it's asleep, or as near asleep as it ever is... Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people, innocent or not, have to walk out of shadows to stand investigation." -- Narrator (Mark Hellinger).
"I told her -- I knew she'd turn out no good -- I hate her. So clever she was -- even had to change her name." -- Mother describing her daughter's corpse.
"This time yesterday she was just another pretty girl. Today she's the marmalade on ten thousand pieces of toast." -- Narrator (Mark Hellinger), describing dead girl.
"Lady, ever see a man looks like this?" -- Detective to witness.
"Every high class jeweller in town? Oh, my poor feet!"
"Be glad you're not a horseback cop." -- Halloran (Don Taylor) and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald).
"I have been thirty-eight years on the force, but in a lifetime of investigation you are probably the biggest and most willing liar I have ever met." -- Lieutenant Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) to Frank Niles (Howard Duff).
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