About Naked City
Naked City is a police drama series 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."
Filmed on location in New York City, the series concerned the detectives of NYPD’s 65th Precinct, although episode plots usually emphasized more the criminals and victims portrayed by guest actors, characteristic of the "semi-anthology" narrative format common during early 1960s TV. For the first season, the primary writer was Stirling Silliphant, who wrote 32 of the season's 39 episodes. Silliphant's work resulted in significant critical acclaim for the series and attracting movie and television actors of the time to seek guest-acting roles.
Series Details
- Aired:
September 30, 1958 - June 23, 1959
(30 minute episodes)
October 12, 1960 – May 29, 1963
(60 Minute Episodes) -
Cast:
Horace McMahon (1959, 1960–63)
Paul Burke (1960–63)
James Franciscus (1958–59)
Harry Bellaver (1958–59, 1960–63)
John McIntire (1958–59) -
Co-Stars:
Alan Alda, Ed Asner, Robert Blake, James Caan, James Coburn, Bruce Dern, Robert Duvall, Peter Falk, Peter Fonda, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Jack Klugman, Leslie Nielsen, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Redford, Telly Savalas, William Shatner, Martin Sheen, Rip Torn, Cicely Tyson, Jon Voight, Christopher Walken, Jack Warden.