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Release. September 30, 1958. ( 1958-09-30) –. May 29, 1963. ( 1963-05-29) Naked City is an American police procedural television series from Screen Gems that aired on ABC from 1958 to 1963. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture The Naked City and mimics its dramatic "semi- documentary " format.
Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) [1] is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. [2]
Guest cast: Viveca Lindfors, Eugenie Leontovich, George Voskovec, Mike Kellin, Barry Morse, Peter Turgeon. 3/15/61 Vengeance Is a Wheel. When an old night watchman, patriarch of an Italian family, is killed during a waterfront robbery, his family swears vengeance on the killers, refusing to cooperate with police.
The hour long version of the show debuted on October 12 1960. The hour long version of Naked City would see some changes to the show's cast. While Horace McMahon remained as Lt. Parker, James Franciscus as Detective Halloran was replaced by Paul Burke as Detective Adam Flint. Nancy Malone joined the cast as Detective Flint's girlfriend Libby.
Naked City revised the traditional cop-show commitment to crime and punishment. Unlike their prime-time counterparts Joe Friday and Eliot Ness, Detectives Flint and Arcaro did not toil in the grim pursuit of "facts" with which to solve cases and incarcerate criminals. Rather, they pondered human puzzles, bore witness to suffering, and meditated ...
Meridian: Directed by Jerry Hopper. With John McIntire, James Franciscus, Suzanne Storrs, Alison Marshall. Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..
Naked City. One of the most innovative police shows in TV history, this Emmy®-winning series puts a human face on crime, delving into complex personal dramas witnessed by the NYPD's 65th Precinct. Each show ends with the iconic line, "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
