Naked City

TV Show · Classics · Drama

One of the most innovative police shows in TV history, this Emmy®-winning series put a human face on crime, delving into the complex personal dramas of the people involved. Each show ends with the iconic line "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." Guests include Christopher Walken, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, James Caan and Piper Laurie.

1958 · 26m

Starring Harry Bellaver, John McIntire, Paul Burke

EPISODE 1

Meridian

Shortly after being assigned to work together, Muldoon and Halloran are called to the lavish New York Coliseum,where two young thugs who've just shot a policeman during a robbery have taken two sporting-goods clerks as hostages.

25m
EPISODE 2

Nickel Ride

The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry just as a group of armed robbers attempt a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.

26m
EPISODE 3

Line of Duty

After killing his first man in the line of duty, Halloran is overcome with remorse, made worse when his victim's mother hysterically calls him a murderer.

25m
EPISODE 4

Sidewalk Fisherman

An elderly friend of Muldoon's ekes out his living by retrieving coins dropped through subway gratings, and has saved enough to adopt an eight -year-old orphan, but he's turned down because he has no permanent residence.

26m
EPISODE 5

The Violent Circle

Detective Halloran goes undercover at a psychiatric hospital in an attempt to identify the murderer of a patient.

26m
EPISODE 6

Stakeout

A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.

25m

Harry Bellaver

Actor
John McIntire

Actor
Paul Burke

Actor
Stirling Silliphant

Creator