Naked City

Naked City

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4x Emmy-winner — filmed on New York City streets
THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION STORIES IN THE NAKED CITY... One of the most innovative police shows in television history, and hailed by Time magazine as "not just another cop show," NAKED CITY puts a human face on crime, going beyond a simplistic portrayal of good vs. evil to delve into the complex personal dramas of the people involved.
IMDb 8.2/1019584 seasons
IMDb 8.2/1019584 seasons
13+
39 episodes
  • 1. Meridian

    1. Meridian

    Shortly after being assigned to work together, Muldoon and Halloran are called to the lavish New York Coliseum,where two young thugs who've just shot a policeman during a robbery have taken two sporting-goods clerks as hostages.
    Shortly after being assigned to work together, Muldoon and Halloran are called to the lavish New York Coliseum,where two young thugs who've just shot a policeman during a robbery have taken two sporting-goods clerks as hostages.
    NR
    26min
    Sep 29, 1958
  • 2. Nickel Ride

    2. Nickel Ride

    Muldoon and Halloran board the Staten Island Ferry to persuade an old friend , the ferryboat captain, to retire. A gang holds up an armored car carrying bank deposits, and the mob's leader shoots a fireman in the engine room, where the two policemen are stopped at gunpoint.
    Muldoon and Halloran board the Staten Island Ferry to persuade an old friend , the ferryboat captain, to retire. A gang holds up an armored car carrying bank deposits, and the mob's leader shoots a fireman in the engine room, where the two policemen are stopped at gunpoint.
    7+
    26min
    Oct 6, 1958
  • 3. Line of Duty

    3. Line of Duty

    After killing his first man in the line of duty, Halloran is overcome with remorse, made worse when his victim's mother hysterically calls him a murderer.
    After killing his first man in the line of duty, Halloran is overcome with remorse, made worse when his victim's mother hysterically calls him a murderer.
    7+
    26min
    Oct 13, 1958
  • 4. Sidewalk Fisherman

    4. Sidewalk Fisherman

    An elderly friend of Muldoon's ekes out his living by retrieving coins dropped through subway gratings, and has saved enough to adopt an eight -year-old orphan, but he's turned down because he has no permanent residence.
    An elderly friend of Muldoon's ekes out his living by retrieving coins dropped through subway gratings, and has saved enough to adopt an eight -year-old orphan, but he's turned down because he has no permanent residence.
    7+
    26min
    Oct 20, 1958
  • 5. Violent Circle

    5. Violent Circle

    After witnessing a man murdered by a gangster, a man is so shocked chat he's committed to a mental hospital. When he's murdered to ensure that he won't testify in the case, Halloran is admitted to the hospital as a patient in an effort to find the murderer.
    After witnessing a man murdered by a gangster, a man is so shocked chat he's committed to a mental hospital. When he's murdered to ensure that he won't testify in the case, Halloran is admitted to the hospital as a patient in an effort to find the murderer.
    7+
    26min
    Oct 27, 1958
  • 6. Stakeout

    6. Stakeout

    When a detective friend of Muldoon's is killed on duty, his partner reports that he was shot while running away. Not believing his friend to be a coward, Muldoon gets the partner assigned to him during a stakeout designed to trap the killers, and finds out who the real coward was.
    When a detective friend of Muldoon's is killed on duty, his partner reports that he was shot while running away. Not believing his friend to be a coward, Muldoon gets the partner assigned to him during a stakeout designed to trap the killers, and finds out who the real coward was.
    NR
    26min
    Nov 3, 1958
  • 7. No More Rumbles

    7. No More Rumbles

    When a teenage gang member is killed during a street war, the detectives go to the dress factory where one of the gang members works to persuade him to identify the killer. The boy clams up, and is later selected by his gang to murder the young man in revenge.
    When a teenage gang member is killed during a street war, the detectives go to the dress factory where one of the gang members works to persuade him to identify the killer. The boy clams up, and is later selected by his gang to murder the young man in revenge.
    NR
    26min
    Nov 10, 1958
  • 8. Belvedere Tower

    8. Belvedere Tower

    A robber attacks milkmen and dons their uniforms to gain entry to the homes of wealthy people away for the summer. After killing a policeman who's discovered him, he takes refuge in a weather station in Central Park, armed with a shotgun.
    A robber attacks milkmen and dons their uniforms to gain entry to the homes of wealthy people away for the summer. After killing a policeman who's discovered him, he takes refuge in a weather station in Central Park, armed with a shotgun.
    NR
    26min
    Nov 17, 1958
  • 9. The Bird Guard

    9. The Bird Guard

    After a man is murdered by gangsters, Halloran tries to protect the victim's girlfriend who's the next target. He and the girl end up surrounded by four mobsters in a lighthouse on a small island.
    After a man is murdered by gangsters, Halloran tries to protect the victim's girlfriend who's the next target. He and the girl end up surrounded by four mobsters in a lighthouse on a small island.
    NR
    26min
    Nov 24, 1958
  • 10. The Other Face of Goodness

    10. The Other Face of Goodness

    A college student on the brink of insanity, after reading accounts of a frantic search for the killer of several young pregnant women, confesses to the murders. Released after police conclude his innocence, his mind cracks when he hears that the real killer has been found, and he tries to strangle a pregnant neighbor.
    A college student on the brink of insanity, after reading accounts of a frantic search for the killer of several young pregnant women, confesses to the murders. Released after police conclude his innocence, his mind cracks when he hears that the real killer has been found, and he tries to strangle a pregnant neighbor.
    NR
    26min
    Dec 1, 1958
  • 11. Lady Bug, Lady Bug

    11. Lady Bug, Lady Bug

    An extortionist forces a man to collect $250,000 from residents of fashionable Sutton Place, but the man decides to go to the police, though in doing so, he puts his son's life on the line.
    An extortionist forces a man to collect $250,000 from residents of fashionable Sutton Place, but the man decides to go to the police, though in doing so, he puts his son's life on the line.
    NR
    26min
    Dec 8, 1958
  • 12. Suquehanna 4-7568

    12. Suquehanna 4-7568

    Police are skeptical of a woman's story that she answered her phone and heard a lady being murdered. A reporter prints her story and she's contacted by a young man whom she begins to date. When Muldoon learns some information that makes him believe the woman, he trails his lead to her suitor's place of work, where he's about to kill her after confessing to the murder she heard on the phone.
    Police are skeptical of a woman's story that she answered her phone and heard a lady being murdered. A reporter prints her story and she's contacted by a young man whom she begins to date. When Muldoon learns some information that makes him believe the woman, he trails his lead to her suitor's place of work, where he's about to kill her after confessing to the murder she heard on the phone.
    NR
    26min
    Dec 15, 1958
  • 13. And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

    13. And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

    A officer is stabbed in a Christmas Eve liquor store stakeout with Muldoon, and Halloran is called in to hunt for one of the robbers, who escaped. The other thief refuses to disclose their hideout until he hears that his partner, his younger brother, was wounded before escaping.
    A officer is stabbed in a Christmas Eve liquor store stakeout with Muldoon, and Halloran is called in to hunt for one of the robbers, who escaped. The other thief refuses to disclose their hideout until he hears that his partner, his younger brother, was wounded before escaping.
    NR
    26min
    Dec 22, 1958
  • 14. The Explosive Heart

    14. The Explosive Heart

    Waking up in a hospital after almost being killed by her husband's beating, a woman tells police that he's planted a bomb on her father's yacht. Halloran finds the man and kills him in a gun battle, while Muldoon manages to find the bomb two minutes before it blows up.
    Waking up in a hospital after almost being killed by her husband's beating, a woman tells police that he's planted a bomb on her father's yacht. Halloran finds the man and kills him in a gun battle, while Muldoon manages to find the bomb two minutes before it blows up.
    NR
    26min
    Dec 29, 1958
  • 15. The Manhole

    15. The Manhole

    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.
    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.
    13+
    26min
    Jan 5, 1959
  • 16. Even Crows Sing Good

    16. Even Crows Sing Good

    A woman who's been kept from marrying her boyfriend because they're poor wins $1600 in the numbers game and tells her fiance she inherited the money. But when she goes to collect it, she's badly beaten by a racketeer, and her fiance goes after him with a gun.
    A woman who's been kept from marrying her boyfriend because they're poor wins $1600 in the numbers game and tells her fiance she inherited the money. But when she goes to collect it, she's badly beaten by a racketeer, and her fiance goes after him with a gun.
    NR
    26min
    Jan 12, 1959
  • 17. Burst of Passion

    17. Burst of Passion

    One of the most respectable people in Halloran's neighborhood suddenly goes berserk and starts shooting shopkeepers and their customers. Halloran remembers that the man has taken some children on a picnic to Coney Island and and tails him there to beg him to surrender.
    One of the most respectable people in Halloran's neighborhood suddenly goes berserk and starts shooting shopkeepers and their customers. Halloran remembers that the man has taken some children on a picnic to Coney Island and and tails him there to beg him to surrender.
    NR
    26min
    Jan 19, 1959
  • 18. Goodbye My Lady Love

    18. Goodbye My Lady Love

    Matty, a derelict who dreams of returning to his hometown on a white stallion, buys a horse after some $100 bills land in his lap. The money had blown away from a hood who had just murdered a man, and Matty is arrested for the crime, as his Bowery friends search for the killer.
    Matty, a derelict who dreams of returning to his hometown on a white stallion, buys a horse after some $100 bills land in his lap. The money had blown away from a hood who had just murdered a man, and Matty is arrested for the crime, as his Bowery friends search for the killer.
    NR
    26min
    Jan 26, 1959
  • 19. The Shield

    19. The Shield

    Against the wishes of Muldoon, the son of a patrolman takes over his father's beat after the father gets stabbed.
    Against the wishes of Muldoon, the son of a patrolman takes over his father's beat after the father gets stabbed.
    NR
    26min
    Feb 2, 1959
  • 20. One to Get Lost

    20. One to Get Lost

    A man is sought by police after his wife's murder because his cigarette case was found in her apartment, but he believes the real murderer is an elevator operator whom he sets out with a gun to find.
    A man is sought by police after his wife's murder because his cigarette case was found in her apartment, but he believes the real murderer is an elevator operator whom he sets out with a gun to find.
    NR
    26min
    Feb 9, 1959
  • 21. Hey, Teach!

    21. Hey, Teach!

    When a teacher is found dead on the sidewalk below his third story classroom, Halloran poses as his replacement in the delinquent-ridden school, hoping to crack the case.
    When a teacher is found dead on the sidewalk below his third story classroom, Halloran poses as his replacement in the delinquent-ridden school, hoping to crack the case.
    NR
    26min
    Feb 16, 1959
  • 22. Ticker Tape

    22. Ticker Tape

    When police receive a phone call from a psychotic man announcing he's going to plant a bomb during a parade honoring an Olympic hero, Muldoon and Halloran are assigned to detect and stop him during the procession.
    When police receive a phone call from a psychotic man announcing he's going to plant a bomb during a parade honoring an Olympic hero, Muldoon and Halloran are assigned to detect and stop him during the procession.
    NR
    26min
    Feb 23, 1959
  • 23. Fire Island

    23. Fire Island

    A bootlegger operating a still on Fire Island in the dead of winter against his partners' wishes hires a killer to protect the operation. When the killer mows down a Treasury agent, Muldoon and Halloran track down the killer and close in on the bootleggers.
    A bootlegger operating a still on Fire Island in the dead of winter against his partners' wishes hires a killer to protect the operation. When the killer mows down a Treasury agent, Muldoon and Halloran track down the killer and close in on the bootleggers.
    NR
    26min
    Mar 2, 1959
  • 24. Ten Cent Dreams

    24. Ten Cent Dreams

    A poor Puerto Rican couple finds $10 and bets it on the numbers, winning $6,000. Upon depositing it at the bank, they find the cash is counterfeit , and the scared husband flees.
    A poor Puerto Rican couple finds $10 and bets it on the numbers, winning $6,000. Upon depositing it at the bank, they find the cash is counterfeit , and the scared husband flees.
    NR
    26min
    Mar 9, 1959
  • Naked City
    IMDb 8.2/1019584 seasons
    THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION STORIES IN THE NAKED CITY... One of the most innovative police shows in television history, and hailed by Time magazine as "not just another cop show," NAKED CITY puts a human face on crime, going beyond a simplistic portrayal of good vs. evil to delve into the complex personal dramas of the people involved.
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