Naked City: Season 02
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Naked City [TV Series]
"There are eight million stories in The Naked City...This has been one of them." These words were intoned by producer Mark Hellinger at the conclusion of The Naked City, a 1947 detective film lensed in its entirety in New York City (quite an innovation in those Hollywood-dominated years). The same words were heard as the coda in each episode of the TV series Naked City, which like its movie predecessor was entirely shot in the Big Apple. Technically, there were two TV series bearing the title Naked City. The first, which aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 through September 29, 1959, was a weekly, half-hour endeavor, starring John McIntire as veteran NYPD lieutenant John Muldoon and James Franciscus as his youthful partner, Detective Jim Halloran. While Muldoon spent virtually every hour of his day tracking down the various robbers, muggers and two-bit hoodlums in his jurisdiction, Halloran divided his time between his job and his home life with wife Janet (Suzanne Storrs). In a startling plot development, Muldoon was killed in a car chase on the episode originally telecast March 17, 1959, whereupon another seasoned veteran, Lt. Mike Parker (Horace McMahon) took over as Halloran's partner. Also seen during Naked City's initial run was Harry Bellaver as patrolman Frank Arcaro. After a year-long hiatus, Naked City returned to the ABC schedule on October 12, 1960, this time as an hour-long series with several new cast members. Horace McMahon was back as Lt. Parker, as was Harry Bellaver as Frank Arcaro, who in the interim had been promoted to sergeant. New to the series was Paul Burke in the "young partner" slot as Detective Adam Flint, while Nancy Malone was seen as Flint's loyal, ever-patient girlfriend, Libby. Both incarnations of Naked City were outfitted with bluesy, evocative theme songs, with George Duning composing the theme of the 1958 version and Billy May and Milton Raskin handling the 1960 theme. And both were overflowing with familiar faces in their supporting casts, with such actors as Sandy Dennis, Dustin Hoffman, and Jon Voight making their earliest filmed TV appearances. The hour-long version of Naked City ended its ABC run on September 11, 1963. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Includes Seasons:
Naked City: Season 02
Off the air since its cancellation in the fall of 1959, the location-filmed cop drama Naked City returned to ABC's prime-time schedule on October 12, 1960. Originally a half-hour weekly, the series had been expanded to a full hour, and was seen on Wednesdays opposite a dramatic anthology on CBS and an antiseptic sitcom on NBC. Carried over from the half-hour version are Horace McMahon as veteran New York City cop Lt. Mike Parker, and Harry Bellaver as Frank Arcaro, who during the series' year-long hiatus had been promoted from patrolman to sergeant. New to the cast is Paul Burke as Parker's young partner Detective Adam Flint, and Nancy Malone as Flint's girlfriend Libby. Also new is the series' theme song "Somewhere in the Night," written by Billy May and Milton Raskin. Still filmed in its entirety in New York City, and as often as possible on authentic locations rather than inside studio walls, the new Naked City features a number of well-known actors in the supporting casts, among them Eli Wallach, Suzanne Pleshette, Leslie Nielsen, Claude Rains, Telly Savalas, Jack Lord, Dick York, Bruce Dern, Keir Dullea, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Roddy McDowall, Ed Asner, Peter Falk, Hume Cronyn, a good-looking youngster named Robert Redford, and, in his first major TV appearance, Dustin Hoffman (in the episode "Sweet Prince of Delaney Street)." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Includes Episodes:
Naked City: Button in the Haystack
Naked City: A Hole in the City
Naked City: Vengeance is a Wheel
Naked City: Shoes for Vinnie Winford
Cast
Horace McMahon as Lt. Mike Parker
Paul Burke as Detective Adam Flint
Harry Bellaver as Sgt. Frank Arcaro
Nancy Malone as Libby
| Crew
Herbert B. Leonard - Executive Producer
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Naked City: Season 02
(not reviewed)
General Specifications: | | Language Options: | | | Subtitle Options: | | | Sound Processing: | DD1: Dolby Digital Mono
| | Additional Features: | none specified | | MPAA Rating: | NR | | DVD Discs Included: | 1 | | DVD Sides: | 1 | | DVD DVD Region Code: | 1 | | Content Length: | 205 min | | | DVD Chapters: |
Side #1 --
1. The Chase [10:43]
2. Hiding Out [7:24]
3. Closing In [10:06]
4. Shootout [6:25]
5. Stand-Off [7:07]
6. Bad Memories [8:26]
7. End Credits [:51]
1. Murder on A Thursday Morning
2. "A Lot of Nothing"
3. The Nest Egg
4. Looking For A Gun
5. The Trail Goes Cold
6. From Hand to Hand
7. End Credits
1. Taking Over For Dead
2. The Tango Palace
3. Betrayal
4. Checking Licenses
5. Two For One
6. Hospital Getaway
7. End Credits
1. Little Girl Lost
2. The Crime Spree Continues
3. Blood For Blood
4. Investigating Al
5. The Keys of Death
6. Useless Vendetta
7. End Credits
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