Post by ant-mac on Oct 28, 2018 23:16:17 GMT
THE NAKED CITY (1948) 4/5.
An excellent and highly entertaining film noir about a police investigation into murder. The screenplay by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald was based upon the story by Malvin Wald. The music was provided by Miklós Rózsa and Frank Skinner, it was produced by Mark Hellinger and it was directed by Jules Dassin. The film received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography by William H Daniels and the other for film editing by Paul Weatherwax.
The film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model, incorporating heavy elements of police procedure. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, to find the girl's killer. The film, shot partially in documentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City and features several landmarks such as the Williamsburg Bridge and the Whitehall Building.
It stars Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Enid Markey, Virginia Mullen and Mark Hellinger as the Narrator. The film later inspired the TV series NAKED CITY.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them… 
