In post-war New York, the body of a young woman is found. Police Detective Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and his assistant Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) begin to investigate the victim’s life. They discover that she was the daughter of two Czechoslovakian refugees and was linked to a series of robberies. The culprit is eventually identified and makes a desperate escape, on foot, through the streets of New York, ending up between the pillars of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Filmed almost as a documentary, akin to Italian neo-realism by some critics, Dassin’s masterpiece is a searing critique of the contradictions of life in the metropolis, enhanced by William Daniels’ Oscar-winning photography.
– OSCAR 1949 FOR BEST BLACK AND WHITE CINEMATOGRAPHY AND BEST EDITING.
– PRESENTED AT THE 75th MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA DI VENEZIA (2018), IN THE SECTION ‘VENICE CLASSICS-RESTORED’.
– RESTORATION: BROOK PRODUCTIONS AND MASTER LICENSING.
subject: Malvin Wald
script: Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
photography: William H. Daniels
music by: Miklos Rosza, Milton Schwarzwald
mounting: Paul Weatherwax
scenography: John DeCuir
costumes: Grace Houston
other titles: The Naked City, La cité sans voiles, La città nuda
color: Bianco & Nero
production company: MARK HELLINGER PER HELLINGER PRODUCTIONS, UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURES
distribution: UNIVERSAL PICTURES
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