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Bosley Crowther (The New York Times)
Lauded the location shooting and thrilling chase sequence, which he felt concealed script weaknesses.
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Directed byJules Dassin
Written byAlbert Maltz, Malvin Wald
Budgetstandard production budget for Mark Hellinger
Box office$2,400,000
Critical Consensus
7.5
IMDb
74
Metacritic
7.2
TMDB
The film garnered a mixed critical reception, with universal praise for its innovative location filming and cinematography despite some issues with the script.
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Trivia
The film is famous for its concluding line: 'There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.'
It was one of the first major Hollywood films to be shot entirely on location in New York City.
The film inspired a long-running TV series of the same name and a mission in the video game L.A. Noire.
Director Jules Dassin's name inspired the name of the dress shop 'D'Assine' in the game L.A. Noire.
The film won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing in 1949.
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James Agee (The Nation)
Praised the cinematography for its visual majesty but found the film otherwise mawkish and naive.
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