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* SigningOffCatchphrase: At the end of every episode of the TV series TheNarrator would intone: "There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them."
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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller FilmNoir directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. It also features narration from Mark Hellinger, the producer, who died of a heart attack at age 44 after seeing the film's final cut but before it released in theaters. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.

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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American FilmNoir crime thriller FilmNoir directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. It also features narration from Mark Hellinger, the producer, who died of a heart attack at age 44 after seeing the film's final cut but before it released in theaters. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.

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->''Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.''

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day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.''"''
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The film won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for its black-and-white cinematography (William H. Daniels) and editing (Paul Weatherwax). In 2007 it was selected for preservation in the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry by the Library of Congress.

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The film won earned UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for its black-and-white cinematography (William H. Daniels) and editing (Paul Weatherwax). In 2007 it was selected for preservation in the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry by the Library of Congress.
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The film won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for its black-and-white cinematography (William H. Daniels) and editing (Paul Weatherwax). In 2007 it was selected for preservation in the U.S. UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry by the Library of Congress.

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The film won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for its black-and-white cinematography (William H. Daniels) and editing (Paul Weatherwax). In 2007 it was selected for preservation in the U.S. UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry by the Library of Congress.
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* ChaseScene: First Garzah is chased by Halloran fleeing from Nile's apartment but he escapes via [[TrainEscape train]]. At the end, Garzah is chased through the streets by a squad of policemen.

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* ChaseScene: First Garzah is chased by Halloran fleeing from Nile's Niles' apartment but he escapes via [[TrainEscape train]]. At the end, Garzah is chased through the streets by a squad of policemen.



* PhonyVeteran: Niles claims to have fought in the Pacific, but this is just another one of his many lies. Muldoon calls his bluff by bringing up a superior officer in the unit where Niles was supposedly stationed who's name Niles doesn't recognize.

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* PhonyVeteran: Niles claims to have fought in the Pacific, but this is just another one of his many lies. Muldoon calls his bluff by bringing up a superior officer in the unit where Niles was supposedly stationed who's whose name Niles doesn't recognize.
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* PhonyVeteran: Niles claims to have fought in the Pacific, but this is just another one of his many lies. Muldoon calls his bluff by bringing up a superior officer in the unit where Niles was supposedly stationed who's name Niles doesn't recognize.
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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. It also features narration from Mark Hellinger, the producer, who died of a heart attack at age 44 after seeing the film's final cut but before it released in theaters. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.

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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film FilmNoir directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. It also features narration from Mark Hellinger, the producer, who died of a heart attack at age 44 after seeing the film's final cut but before it released in theaters. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Dr. Lawrence Stoneman is so distraught over his prestigious life and career being destroyed when he's caught for being an accessory to burglary that he tries to jump out of an open window in his office. The detectives drag him back from it.
-->'''Muldoon:''' I don't know anything about medicine, Doctor, but that's one prescription that never cured anything.
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* StraightEdgeEvil: One of Willie Garzah's first lines is to berate Pete Backalis for [[INeedAFreakingDrink getting really drunk out of guilt for helping kill Jean Dexter]] ("Liquor is bad. Weakens your character.") before dumping his body in the river. Later, he brags to Halloran while working out that he doesn't drink or smoke. It no doubt has to do with him being a former wrestler trying to stay in the best of shape.

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->''Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.''
-->-- '''The Narrator'''
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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.

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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor. It also features narration from Mark Hellinger, the producer, who died of a heart attack at age 44 after seeing the film's final cut but before it released in theaters. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.
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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor.

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''The Naked City'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Creator/JulesDassin, based on a story by Malvin Wald. The cast includes Creator/BarryFitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor.
Taylor. The soundtrack was composed by Music/MiklosRozsa and Frank Skinner.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The criminal Garzah has a brother whose an honest laborer and quick to give the cops information on him.

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The criminal Garzah has a brother whose who's an honest laborer and quick to give the cops information on him.
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* BitchSlap: Ruth Morrison angrily gives her fiancee one for being involves with the jewel thefts and seeing Jean.

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* BitchSlap: Ruth Morrison angrily gives her fiancee fiancé Frank Niles one of these, for being involves involved with the jewel thefts and seeing Jean.
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* GracefulLoser: Zigzagged with Dr. Stoneman, who is initially resigned and professional about being caught, calmly giving his secretary some instructions, then shows despair thinking of what he'll lose, and suddenly trying to jump out the window and barely being stopped.

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* GracefulLoser: Zigzagged with Dr. Stoneman, who is initially resigned and professional about being caught, calmly giving his secretary some instructions, then shows despair thinking of what he'll lose, and suddenly trying to jump out the window and [[InterruptedSuicide barely being stopped.stopped]].

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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Halloran's wife expects him to give their young son a whipping after he walks across a busy thoroughfare, something he is very reluctant to do.



* PosthumousCharacter: The murder victim Jean Dexter is only seen shortly in the opening sequence but her character is later explored during the police investigation.

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* PosthumousCharacter: The murder victim unfortunate Jean Dexter is seen only seen shortly briefly during her PlotTriggeringDeath in the opening sequence sequence, but her character is later explored during the police investigation.
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* OfficerOHara: Muldoon is a classic example, Irish lilt and all.
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* ClimbingClimax: The final ChaseScene ends with Garzah climbing one of the towers of Williamsburg Bridge.

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* ClimbingClimax: The final ChaseScene ends with Garzah climbing one of the towers of the Williamsburg Bridge.

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