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When a good-time girl is murdered one summer's night, New York detectives scour the entire city to find the killer. Ultra-realistic, double Oscar-winning crime drama with the famous last line: "There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them.".

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Murder, Police, Crime Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Cop

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1948) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Barry Fitzgerald	.... Det. Lt. Dan Muldoon
Howard Duff	.... Frank Niles
Dorothy Hart	.... Ruth Morrison
Don Taylor	.... Det. Jimmy Halloran
Frank Conroy	.... Capt. Donahue
Ted de Corsia	.... Willie Garzah AKA Willie the Harmonica

Supporting Cast:

House Jameson	.... Dr. Stoneman
Anne Sargent	.... Mrs. Halloran
Adelaide Klein	.... Mrs. Paula Batory
Grover Burgess	.... Mr. Batory
Tom Pedi	.... Det. Perelli
Enid Markey	.... Mrs. Edgar Hylton

Directors:

Jules Dassin

Writers:

Albert Maltz
Malvin Wald

Narrators:

Mark Hellinger