The film revolves around two investigators Dan Moldon and Jimmy Haloran who are responsible for investigating the death of attractive model Mannequin Jean Dexter. Over time, the duo discover together that this girl was killed in her apartment and suspect that the crime is really mysterious and caused by jewelry theft.
A rather overrated police-procedure thriller which has gained its seminal status simply by its accent on ordinariness and by its adherence to the ideal of shooting on location.
A definite parochial fascination is liberally assured all the way and the seams in a none-too-good whodunnit are rather cleverly concealed.
EmanuelLevy.Com
February 17, 2011
One of Jules Dassin's best features is a quintessential film noir, distinguished by its on-location shooting and Daniels' sharp imagery, which deservedly won the Oscar
The on-location photography and final minutes on the streets and bridge are impressive, but this noir is more memorable for what it inspired to follow it than in its slow talky self.
What The Naked City does is paint an indelible vision of both the New York City that never sleeps and of the human life and industry that teems within it
The Skinny
November 05, 2014
If this is noir, it's the most brightly lit, least antisocial noir ever.
