The Naked City
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The Naked City is a 1948 American film noir crime drama celebrated for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in New York City.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Naked City (1948 film score) | 1 |
| The Naked City (1948 film) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
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Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Malvin Wald ⓘ |
| cinematographer | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| composer | Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jules Dassin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Universal Pictures
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Universal-International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
handheld camera work
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location shooting ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ police procedural film ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic | realist urban atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasPart | closing narration line "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." ⓘ |
| influenced | television series The Naked City ⓘ |
| mainSubject | murder investigation ⓘ |
| narrator | Mark Hellinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive on-location shooting
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semi-documentary style ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential depiction of police procedural work ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film noir canon ⓘ |
| policeDepartmentDepicted | New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mark Hellinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mark Hellinger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| runtime | 96 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Albert Maltz
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Malvin Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Barry Fitzgerald
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Don Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Duff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | post-World War II era ⓘ |
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The Naked City (1948 film score)
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The Naked City (1948 film)