The Naked City
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran (Don Taylor) and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) attempt to piece together her murder. A friend of the victim mentions "Mr. Henderson," and the police also find the actions of Frank Niles (Howard Duff) peculiar. As Muldoon and Halloran start to fill in the details of the victim's past, they find that she had a lively social life, filled with many suitors, and the mystery becomes even more complex.
Release Date
March 4, 1948
Running Time
96 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Starring
Barry Fitzgerald
Howard Duff
Dorothy Hart
Don Taylor
Credits
Director Jules Dassin
Screenplay Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
Producer Mark Hellinger
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Editing Paul Weatherwax
Music Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner
Distributor Paramount Pictures
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