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.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White NERFINISHED
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
surface form: United States
director Jules Dassin NERFINISHED
distributor Universal Pictures
Universal-International NERFINISHED
editor Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED
filmingLocation New York City
filmingTechnique handheld camera work
location shooting
genre crime drama
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
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 NERFINISHED
Malvin Wald NERFINISHED
setting New York City
starredActor Barry Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Don Taylor NERFINISHED
Dorothy Hart NERFINISHED
Frank Conroy NERFINISHED
Howard Duff NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting post-World War II era

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Robert Shayne appearedIn The Naked City
Frank Skinner notableWork The Naked City
this entity surface form: The Naked City (1948 film score)
William H. Daniels notableWork The Naked City
Betty Bronson performedIn The Naked City
this entity surface form: The Naked City (1948 film)