The Naked City
1948 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
In New York, the model Jean Dexter is found dead in the bathtub of her apartment apparently after committing suicide. However, the coroner realizes that she was actually murdered with a simulation of suicide, and the experienced Homicide Lieutenant Detective Dan Muldoon initiates his investigations with Detective Jimmy Halloran and his team, and the prime suspect becomes Jean's friend Frank Niles, who he an alibi but tells many lies in his statement.
Direction Jules Dassin
Cast Barry Fitzgerald · Howard Duff · Dorothy Hart · Don Taylor · Frank Conroy · Ted de Corsia · House Jameson · Anne Sargent · Enid Markey · Tom Pedi · Adelaide Klein · Grover Burgess · Arthur O'Connell
Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa · Frank Skinner
Screenplay Albert Maltz · Malvin Wald
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Original title The Naked City
7.4
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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