The Naked City

The Naked City
The Naked City
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jules Dassin
Screenplay by	Albert Maltz; Malvin Wald
Story by	Malvin Wald
Produced by	Mark Hellinger
Starring	Barry Fitzgerald; Howard Duff; Dorothy Hart; Don Taylor
Narrated by	Mark Hellinger
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Paul Weatherwax
Music by	Miklós Rózsa; Frank Skinner
Production; company	Mark Hellinger Productions
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date	March 4, 1948 (US);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.4 million

The Naked City (a.k.a. Naked City) is a 1948 American crime procedural produced by Mark Hellinger, directed by Jules Dassin, written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald. Starring Barry Fitzgerald, with Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor in support, the film depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. It was shot almost entirely on location in New York City.

Naked City received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography for William H. Daniels and another for film editing to Paul Weatherwax.^[2] In 2007, the highly influential film^[3] was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4]

^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety, 5 January 1949, p. 46
^ Lewis and Smoodin, p. 379.
^ The Naked City Harvard Film Review, October 21, 2001
^ Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Films Chosen For Registry." New York Times (December 28, 2007)