Naked City

DVD 2007

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.

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Burglars New York (State) New York Fiction

Criminal investigation New York (State) New York Fiction

Detective and mystery stories New York (State) New York

Murder victims New York (State) New York Fiction

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ISBN:

9781934121313
1934121312

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
monochrome
digital
optical
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Other Title:

At the head of title on container: Jules Dassin's [DVD]
Naked City (Motion picture : 1948)

Notes:

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
Cinematography, William Daniels ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; art director, John F. DeCuir ; original music, Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner
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
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC
For private home use only
Academy Awards, USA, 1949: Oscar - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (William H. Daniels) ; Best Film Editing (Paul Weatherwax)

Control Number:

523518

UPC:

715515022927

Other Authors:

Burgess, Grover, 1892?-1948
Conroy, Frank, 1890-1964
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Daniels, William H. (William Hunter), 1956-
Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008
De Corsia, Ted
Duff, Howard, 1913-1990
Fitzgerald, Barry, 1888-1961
Hart, Dorothy, 1922-2004
Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947
Jameson, House
Klein, Adelaide, 1901-1983
Maltz, Albert, 1908-1985
Markey, Enid, 1890-1981
Pedi, Tom, 1913-1996
Sargent, Anne
Taylor, Don, 1920-1998
Universal Pictures Company
Wald, Malvin
Weatherwax, Paul

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