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Title:

Jules Dassin's Naked City [videorecording DVD] / Universal Pictures Company ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; story by Malvin Wald ; screenplay by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald ; directed by Jules Dassin.

Format:

[videorecording DVD] /

Publisher:

Distributed by Image Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Subject:

Murder victims--New York--New York--Drama.
Detectives--New York--New York--Drama.
Criminal investigation--New York--New York--Drama.
Apartment dwellers--New York--New York--Drama.
Burglars--New York--New York--Drama.
New York (N.Y.)--Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs held by the Library.

Other Authors:

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

Notes:

Title from container. 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. 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.

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.

Series:

The Criterion Collection ; 380

ISBN:

9781934121313
1934121312

OCLC:

(OCoLC)78785909

UPC:

715515022927

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)