The Naked City (1948) | |
| Director(s) | Jules Dassin |
| Producer(s) | Jules Buck (associate), Mark Hellinger |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Detectives, New York |
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The Naked City (1948) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Jules Dassin and produced by Mark Hellinger and Jules Buck.
The Naked City was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.
Academy Awards 1948 --- Ceremony Number 21 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | William Daniels | Won |
| Best Film Editing | Paul Weatherwax | Won |
| Best Writing | Malvin Wald | Nominated |
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Give Noir a Chance: The Naked City (1948)
By shadowsandsatin on Mar 20, 2023 From Shadows and SatinI?ve had an idea for a new blog series for quite some time now, and I thought that today was a perfect day for my first entry. Over the decades, I?ve seen innumerable noirs ? some that I frankly don?t even remember, many that I?ve loved, and a few that left me cold despite their acclaim from critics... Read full article
ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: The Naked City (1948)
By Carol Martinheira on Mar 12, 2022 From The Old Hollywood GardenONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: The Naked City (1948) On March 12, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Ahh, the Screenplay Oscars. Has there ever been a more confusing Academy Award category? Starting with the very first ceremony in 1929, they have had many iterations, names an... Read full article
The Naked City (1948): One Out of Eight Million Stories
By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 23, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsThe Naked City begins inauspiciously enough with a flyover of New York and an introduction by producer Mark Hellinger. It seems like we’ve seen this countless times before. It’s almost like a stock image. And yet in the case of this picture, it was really one of the forerunners of a move... Read full article
The Naked City (1948)
By Carol Martinheira on Aug 3, 2016 From The Old Hollywood GardenThe Naked City (1948) On August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized ?Jean Dexter is dead. The answer must be somewhere down there.?, says our narrator, the film?s producer, Mark Hellinger. And he?s right. Down there, on the all too familiar streets of New Yo... Read full article
The Naked City (1948)
By Beatrice on Apr 3, 2015 From Flickers in TimeThe Naked City Directed by Jules Dassin Written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald 1948/USA Hellinger Productions/Universal International Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This film was ground-breaking in several ways. ?Seventy years of the same tropes appearing on prime-time TV makes it seem... Read full article
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A marquee from Loew's Delancy Theater (NYC) advertising Alias Nick Beal starring Ray Milland is shown behind actor Paul Ford near the end of the film.
Producer Mark Hellinger, who narrates the movie, died of a heart attack before the film was released into theaters. Following Hellinger's death, executives at Universal Studios were ready to scrap the movie. They had no idea how to market it, and feared it would be a box office failure. But Hellinger's family reminded the studio that Hellinger's contract for the film included a "guarantee of release" clause from Universal. Having no choice, Universal released the film in theaters, and were surprised when it became a hit, and received two Oscars.
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