Naked City (1958) - Video Detective

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Naked City is a police drama series from Screen Gems which was broadcast from 1958 to 1959 and from 1960 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture The Naked City and mimics its dramatic "semi-documentary" format. As in the film, each episode concluded with a narrator intoning the iconic line: "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."

Original Release

09/30/1958 on ABC

US Release

09/30/1958

Cast

Name

Character

Harry Bellaver

Det. Frank Arcaro / Det. Frank Acaro

Horace McMahon

Lt. Michael 'Mike' Parker / Lt. Mike Parker / Det Lt. Michael 'Mike' Parker / Det. Lt. Michael 'Mike' Parker / Chief

Paul Burke

Adam Flint / Det. Adam Flint

Libby Kingston

Det. Jimmy Halloran

Narrator

Lt. Daniel Muldoon / Lt. Dan Muldoon

Doyle Brooks

Cop / Cop at Desk / Cop at Precinct Switchboard / Cop Firing Rifle / Cop Handing Out Presents / Cop in Warehouse / Fireman / Garage Man / Jacobs / Man Dodging Gang Car / Officer firing machine gun / Policeman / Silent Attendant / TV Studio Cameraman

Jimmy Little

Sgt. Max Higgins / Desk Sergeant

Robert Dryden

Police Surgeon / Attendant / Man in TV Door / Medical Examiner

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Hold for Gloria Christmas	Wednesday, 19 September 1962
2	Idylls of a Running Back	Wednesday, 26 September 1962
3	Daughter Am I in My Father's House	Wednesday, 03 October 1962
4	And by the Sweat of Thy Brow...	Wednesday, 10 October 1962
5	Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy!	Wednesday, 17 October 1962
6	Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring	Wednesday, 24 October 1962
7	Go Fight City Hall	Wednesday, 31 October 1962
8	Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long	Wednesday, 07 November 1962
9	Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona	Wednesday, 14 November 1962
10	A Horse Has a Big Head - Let Him Worry!	Wednesday, 21 November 1962
11	Dust Devil on a Quiet Street	Wednesday, 28 November 1962
12	The Virtues of Madame Douvay	Wednesday, 05 December 1962
13	King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable	Wednesday, 12 December 1962
14	Spectre of the Rose Street Gang	Tuesday, 05 November 1963
15	Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It	Monday, 08 April 1963
16	Her Life in Moving Pictures	Wednesday, 02 January 1963
17	Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow	Wednesday, 09 January 1963
18	The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree	Wednesday, 23 January 1963
19	Beyond This Place There Be Dragons	Wednesday, 30 January 1963
20	Man Without a Skin	Wednesday, 06 February 1963
21	Prime of Life	Wednesday, 13 February 1963
22	Bringing Far Places Together	Wednesday, 20 February 1963
23	The Highest of Prizes	Wednesday, 27 February 1963
24	Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant	Wednesday, 06 March 1963
25	Stop the Parade! A Baby Is Crying!	Monday, 16 September 1963
26	On the Battle Front: Every Minute Is Important	Wednesday, 27 March 1963
27	Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle	Wednesday, 03 April 1963
28	No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!	Monday, 19 August 1963
29	Carrier	Wednesday, 24 April 1963
30	Color Schemes Like Never Before	Wednesday, 01 May 1963
31	The S.S. American Dream	Wednesday, 08 May 1963
32	One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski	Wednesday, 15 May 1963
33	Golden Lads and Girls	Wednesday, 22 May 1963
34	Barefoot on a Bed of Coals	Wednesday, 29 May 1963