Naked City
Drama • Series

Naked City

"There are eight million stories in the Naked City."

5.7/10 1958 4 Seasons 138 Episodes Ended

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”.

Season: 1 2 3 4

Season 3 Episodes

E1
Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes
1961

After a military style armored car robbery has left six people dead, including two NYPD cops, the gang's leader is ident…

E2
Dead on the Field of Honor
1961

A 35 year old man, raised by his cultured Southern grandmother to be a "man of honor", has not had fortune shine upon hi…

E3
The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street
1961

After a car wreck between a truck and a hearse, a "corpse" gets up and walks away. The casket used was really a "submari…

S3E4
E4
The Fingers of Henri Tourelle
1961

A business owner is killed by gunshot in his office. The person who fired the shot couldn't have left the premises befor…

E5
A Wednesday Night Story
1961

An unhappy couple involve their Swedish nanny in their marital discord.

E6
The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff
1961

Kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl from a poor family. The criminals are a…

S3E7
E7
Which Is Joseph Creeley?
60 min 1961

A man sentenced to die for the coldblooded murder of another man, is given an operation to remove a tumor from his brain…

E8
Show Me the Way to Go Home
1961

A young man with emotional problems becomes violent when his mother wants him to be mentally evaluated at Bellevue. Afte…

E9
The Hot Minerva
60 min 1961

The 65th Precinct's detectives take a crash course in the art underworld to recover an ancient statue of the goddess Ath…

S3E10
E10
Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon
1961

Shoemaker Anthony Scarzi, the much older husband of Josephine Ametto Scarzi, his wife of two years, struggles with her u…

S3E11
E11
Ooftus Goofus
1961

George Bick is a 40 year old who never grew up. Fed up with his anonymous life and his henpecking wife, he decides to ma…

E12
Bridge Party
1961

A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what…

S3E13
E13
The Face of the Enemy
1962

Highly-decorated veteran, Cornelius 'Neil' Daggett, has deteriorated from hero to alcoholic bum since the end of the war…

E14
Portrait of a Painter
1962

A mentally-disturbed young painter confesses to murdering his wife, who was found on the floor of his studio. But the de…

E15
The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos
1962

A middle-aged neighborhood doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey, who is like a son to her, and his frien…

S3E16
E16
The Contract
1962

Both the fiancé and the guardian of a beautiful dead young woman claim to have murdered her, and it's up to the detectiv…

E17
One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World
1962

A widowed gangster is being challenged for custody of his son by his sister in-law. To show the court that he is a posit…

E18
A Case Study of Two Savages
1962

Two newlyweds from Arkansas, honeymoon in New York City. Their happy time is interrupted by the husband's continual penc…

S3E19
E19
Let Me Die Before I Wake
1962

A psychologically-troubled moving company owner discovers some troubling truths about his family after a young girl is i…

S3E20
E20
To Walk Like a Lion
1962

An embezzler who stole to finance his mother's medical care runs into trouble while trying to end his scheme and return …

E21
Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
1962

A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyze…

E22
A Run for the Money
1962

A middle aged hired killer, who committed his first murder for pay at age 14,is hunted both by organized crime which has…

E23
The One Marked Hot Gives Cold
1962

A man steals records from the orphanage where he grew up, hoping to find his father. At the same time, the age of his yo…

E24
Without Stick or Sword
1962

A Burmese Buddhist sailor (William Shatner) seeks revenge upon a ship's captain (Martin Balsam) who refused to pick up t…

E25
Lament for a Dead Indian
60 min 1962

A man recently released from prison comes to NYC to get his friend to join him in running a farm. He is warned that his …

E26
The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth
1962

A Broadway agent dies in an actress' apartment and the detectives must discern who among those present is telling the tr…

E27
...And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them...
1962

Detective Flint strives to stop his aging Romanian friend from using his big wedding party as cover for a bank robbery.

E28
Strike a Statue
1962

A renowned sculptor "immortalizing a moment in time" of a reviled European dictator is warned to stop working on the pro…

E29
The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
1962

Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying …

E30
The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
1962

A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to buil…

E31
The Rydecker Case
1962

Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders …

E32
Memory of a Red Trolley Car
60 min 1962

A chemistry professor develops mental confusion symptoms after being exposed to a dangerous chemical spill, and the dete…

E33
Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud
1962

Chauffeur snuffs his employer with roses, by forcing them in her face as the allergic dowager lies ill. Her agoraphobic …

Cast

Harry Bellaver
Harry Bellaver
Frank Arcaro
Paul Burke
Paul Burke
Adam Flint
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon
Mike Parker
Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
Narrator (voice)
Nancy Malone
Nancy Malone
Libby Kingston

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