Jules Dassin's Naked City [videorecording] / Universal Pictures Company ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; story by Malvin Wald ; screenplay by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald ; directed by Jules Dassin.

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007]

ISBN: 1934121312
9781934121313

Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Series: The Criterion Collection ; 380

Subject(s): Murder victims New York (State) New York Drama.
Detectives New York (State) New York Drama.
Criminal investigation New York (State) New York Drama.
Apartment dwellers New York (State) New York Drama.
Burglars New York (State) New York Drama.
Murder victims New York (State) New York Drama.
Detectives New York (State) New York Drama.
Criminal investigation New York (State) New York Drama.
Apartment dwellers New York (State) New York Drama.
Thieves New York (State) New York Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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New York (N.Y.) Drama.
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Credits: Cinematography, William Daniels ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; art director, John F. DeCuir ; original music, Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner.

Performers: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey.

Notes: English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Booklet: a new essay by Luc Sante and production notes from producer Mark Hellinger to Dassin.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by Naked City screenwriter Malvin Wald; a new video interview with NYU film professor Dana Polan; an analysis of the film's New York locations by "Celluloid Skyline" author James Sanders; footage of Jules Dassin from his 2004 appearance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; theatrical trailer; stills gallery; booklet.
Academy Awards, USA, 1949: Oscar - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (William H. Daniels) ; Best Film Editing (Paul Weatherwax).

Summary: Jean Dexter is an attractive blonde model who is murdered in her New York City apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty people who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie.