Jules Dassin's Naked City

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

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 1934121312
ISBN: 9781934121313
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, William Daniels ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; art director, John F. DeCuir ; original music, Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner.
Participant or Performer Note:	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.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Language Note:	English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 1949: Oscar - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (William H. Daniels) ; Best Film Editing (Paul Weatherwax).