Naked City
TV-MA
8.2
1958
Drama
, Crime
, Action & Adventure
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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- Cast:
- Harry Bellaver , Paul Burke , Horace McMahon , Lawrence Dobkin , Nancy Malone
Episode 39 : A Wood of Thorns
June. 23,1959
To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution.
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Episode 38 : The Canvas Bullet
June. 16,1959
A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.
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Episode 37 : Saw My Baby There
June. 09,1959
A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.
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Episode 36 : The Scorpion Sting
June. 02,1959
The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.
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Episode 35 : The Bloodhounds
May. 26,1959
The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for a missing girl.
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Episode 34 : A Little Piece of the Action
May. 19,1959
A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.
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Episode 33 : Turn of Events
May. 12,1959
A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a dance club.
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Episode 32 : The Sandman
May. 05,1959
Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered the hit.
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Episode 31 : Four Sweet Corners
April. 28,1959
A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.
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Episode 30 : The Rebirth
April. 21,1959
A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.
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Episode 29 : Baker's Dozen
April. 14,1959
A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.
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Episode 28 : Beyond Truth
April. 07,1959
A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.
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Episode 27 : Fallen Star
March. 31,1959
A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.
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Episode 26 : A Running of Bulls
March. 24,1959
The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.
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Episode 25 : The Bumper
March. 17,1959
After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.
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Episode 24 : Ten Cent Dreams
March. 10,1959
A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.
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Episode 23 : Fire Island
March. 03,1959
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
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Episode 22 : Ticker Tape
February. 24,1959
The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.
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Episode 21 : Hey, Teach!
February. 17,1959
Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.
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Episode 20 : One to Get Lost
February. 10,1959
George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.
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Episode 19 : The Shield
February. 03,1959
Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.
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Episode 18 : Goodbye, My Lady Love
January. 27,1959
Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.
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Episode 17 : Burst of Passion
January. 20,1959
Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.
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Episode 16 : Even Crows Sing Good
January. 13,1959
In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.
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Episode 15 : The Manhole
January. 06,1959
When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.
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Episode 14 : The Explosive Heart
December. 30,1958
The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.
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Episode 13 : And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
December. 23,1958
The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
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Episode 12 : Susquehanna 4-7598
December. 16,1958
A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.
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Episode 11 : Lady Bug, Lady Bug
December. 09,1958
A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.
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Episode 10 : The Other Face of Goodness
December. 02,1958
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.
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Episode 9 : The Bird Guard
November. 25,1958
A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.
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Episode 8 : Belvedere Tower
November. 18,1958
A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.
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Episode 7 : No More Rumbles
November. 11,1958
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
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Episode 6 : Stakeout
November. 04,1958
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
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Episode 5 : The Violent Circle
October. 28,1958
Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.
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Episode 4 : Sidewalk Fisherman
October. 21,1958
Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.
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Episode 3 : Line of Duty
October. 14,1958
Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.
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