The Naked City (1948) at Palm Springs Cultural Center
The Naked City (1948)
Mark Hellinger Productions/Universal International/ Janus Films. D: Jules Dassin.
Mark Hellinger’s cinematic valentine to his beloved New York established the prototype police procedural that was emulated by countless movies and television shows. Screenwriter Malvin Wald haunted line-ups, interrogations and autopsy rooms to create an ultra-realistic story of an NYPD murder investigation led by a cast-against type Barry Fitzgerald. Directed on location by Jules Dassin and narrated by Hellinger, this influential classic is presented in a faultless digital restoration. With: Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart and a reptilian Ted de Corsia.
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Mark Hellinger’s cinematic valentine to his beloved New York established the prototype police procedural that was emulated by countless movies and television shows. Screenwriter Malvin Wald haunted line-ups, interrogations and autopsy rooms to create an ultra-realistic story of an NYPD murder investigation led by a cast-against type Barry Fitzgerald. Directed on location by Jules Dassin and narrated by Hellinger, this influential classic is presented in a faultless digital restoration. With: Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart and a reptilian Ted de Corsia.
Mark Hellinger Productions/Universal International/ Janus Films. D: Jules Dassin.
Mark Hellinger’s cinematic valentine to his beloved New York established the prototype police procedural that was emulated by countless movies and television shows. Screenwriter Malvin Wald haunted line-ups, interrogations and autopsy rooms to create an ultra-realistic story of an NYPD murder investigation led by a cast-against type Barry Fitzgerald. Directed on location by Jules Dassin and narrated by Hellinger, this influential classic is presented in a faultless digital restoration. With: Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart and a reptilian Ted de Corsia.
Mark Hellinger’s cinematic valentine to his beloved New York established the prototype police procedural that was emulated by countless movies and television shows. Screenwriter Malvin Wald haunted line-ups, interrogations and autopsy rooms to create an ultra-realistic story of an NYPD murder investigation led by a cast-against type Barry Fitzgerald. Directed on location by Jules Dassin and narrated by Hellinger, this influential classic is presented in a faultless digital restoration. With: Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart and a reptilian Ted de Corsia.
The Naked City (1948)
Mark Hellinger Productions/Universal International/ Janus Films. D: Jules Dassin.
Mark Hellinger’s cinematic valentine to his beloved New York established the prototype police procedural that was emulated by countless movies and television shows. Screenwriter Malvin Wald haunted line-ups, interrogations and autopsy rooms to create an ultra-realistic story of an NYPD murder investigation led by a cast-against type Barry Fitzgerald. Directed on location by Jules Dassin and narrated by Hellinger, this influential classic is presented in a faultless digital restoration. With: Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart and a reptilian Ted de Corsia.
