Discussion of "The Naked City"
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The Naked City (1948) is an American film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. The Academy-Award-Winning cinematography was by William H. Daniels. The music is by Miklos Rozsa and Frank Skinner.
The plot concerns the murder of a model who is knocked out by a pair of men with chloroform and then left to drown in her own bathtub. When police arrive on the scene, the medical examiner says the woman was murdered. The search is on for the killers but there are several twists and turns along the journey.
The film was praised for its realism that seems to borrow elements from the Neo Realism movement happening in Italian films.
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https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-naked-city-1948-is-american-film.html
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Discussion of "The Naked City"