Naked City
“There are eight million stories in the Naked City.”
About
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”.
Cast
Harry Bellaver
as Frank Arcaro
Paul Burke
as Adam Flint
Horace McMahon
as Mike Parker
Lawrence Dobkin
as Narrator (voice)
Nancy Malone
as Libby Kingston
Episodes
Season 1
Meridian
Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..
Nickel Ride
The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.
Line of Duty
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.
Sidewalk Fisherman
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.
The Violent Circle
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.
Stakeout
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
No More Rumbles
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
Belvedere Tower
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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