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The Best Episodes of Naked City

Every episode of Naked City ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Naked City!

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Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary”

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Naked City Season 3 Episode 29 - The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
    8.7/10(87 votes)

    #1 - The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish

    S3:E29

    Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying to figure out exactly who he is and what crimes he may have committed.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Naked City Season 4 Episode 10 - A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!
    8.7/10(99 votes)

    #2 - A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!

    S4:E10

    An almost-blind young man roams the streets of New York after separating from his class, while his teacher (Diahann Carroll) attempts to convince his parents that the boy can learn to ably use his limited sight and not become completely blind.

    Director:Denis Sanders
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Naked City Season 4 Episode 2 - Idylls of a Running Back
    8.6/10(75 votes)

    #3 - Idylls of a Running Back

    S4:E2

    Pro football star shot by younger woman when he opens his hotel room door. The press assumes Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes was cheating on his wife, but Rhodes insists he doesn't even know the quiet, plain waitress. The paper trail fits the woman's claim they were lovers - separate hotel rooms as the player was on the road, gift receipts etc. check out, as Rhodes' life unravels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Naked City Season 4 Episode 21 - Prime of Life
    8.6/10(87 votes)

    #4 - Prime of Life

    S4:E21

    Flint is ordered to prison to witness the execution of a murderer he helped capture.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Naked City Season 2 Episode 12 - Landscape with Dead Figures
    8.5/10(84 votes)

    #5 - Landscape with Dead Figures

    S2:E12

    A talented artist who does not know his identity is a prisoner in a sanitarium. His long-term captivity ends due to the mention of an artist's name in the newspaper and a fluke opportunity to escape.He makes his way to Manhattan to see an auction of work by the man named in the paper-a man who died 20 years ago.

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Naked City Season 2 Episode 20 - The Fault in Our Stars
    8.5/10(108 votes)

    #6 - The Fault in Our Stars

    S2:E20

    An actor, down on his luck, resorts to murder in order to raise the cash needed to pay his rent.

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Naked City Season 3 Episode 12 - Bridge Party
    8.5/10(74 votes)

    #7 - Bridge Party

    S3:E12

    A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what. When the railroad makes a series of trumped up charges against the man, Lt. Parker finds his tolerance of aggravation is at the breaking point. Det. Arcaro losing a prisoner on an elevator was bad enough.

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Naked City Season 3 Episode 30 - The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
    8.5/10(71 votes)

    #8 - The King of Venus Will Take Care of You

    S3:E30

    A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to building via rooftops and eventually hides in a water tank enclosure.The "king" of the neighborhood,a young fatherless boy,may or may not help him to escape from the police dragnet.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Naked City Season 4 Episode 4 - And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...
    8.5/10(79 votes)

    #9 - And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...

    S4:E4

    A young man with a disfigured face lives in the shadows of the city committing petty crimes until a young woman and Detective Flint show him how his self-worth is tied to his actions, not his looks.

    Director:Irvin Kershner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Naked City Season 2 Episode 10 - Bullets Cost Too Much
    8.4/10(99 votes)

    #10 - Bullets Cost Too Much

    S2:E10

    A series of armed robberies made by four masked men eventually lead to a bar killing and public "second guessing" of Adam's handling of the situation. At the same time a resident doctor has his brother pressure him to help treat one of the hold-up men who has been shot. Adam and the NYPD doggedly pursue the case

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Naked City Season 2 Episode 13 - A Hole in the City
    8.4/10(111 votes)

    #11 - A Hole in the City

    S2:E13

    Armored car robbers vanish across from Yankee Stadium, so Lt. Busti dragnets the neighborhood, house-to-house. Brutal gang mastermind Nunda has much more to worry about, because he's barged into his aunt's flat, and she brings back all his hideous Bronx past which kept him away so long.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Howard Rodman

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  12. Naked City Season 2 Episode 16 - Button in the Haystack
    8.4/10(80 votes)

    #12 - Button in the Haystack

    S2:E16

    Ex-con panics when his own loan shark gets killed at his gas station. He tosses his own gun onto a passing truck, doubting the police will buy his story. Idealistic young Det. Adam Flint believes he's chasing justice for a reformed businessman, but everyone one else in the bureau feels he's chasing a phantom.

    Director:Tay Garnett
    Writer:Howard Rodman

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  13. Naked City Season 3 Episode 13 - The Face of the Enemy
    8.4/10(105 votes)

    #13 - The Face of the Enemy

    S3:E13

    Highly-decorated veteran, Cornelius 'Neil' Daggett, has deteriorated from hero to alcoholic bum since the end of the war, having alienated his wife and family. He desperately wants to again become a hero to them, but his efforts turn into tragedy.

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Naked City Season 3 Episode 21 - Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
    8.4/10(79 votes)

    #14 - Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming

    S3:E21

    A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyzed by missing button on his uniform.

    Director:Robert Gist
    Writer:Howard Rodman

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  15. Naked City Season 4 Episode 34 - Barefoot on a Bed of Coals
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #15 - Barefoot on a Bed of Coals

    S4:E34

    A man who failed to qualify for the NYPD takes to impersonating a uniformed patrolman.His motives have to do with wanting to serve the public and also wanting to attract more desirable women. When he becomes involved in stopping a robbery and uses his non-regulation firearm the real NYPD searches him out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Naked City Season 1 Episode 25 - The Bumper
    8.3/10(75 votes)

    #16 - The Bumper

    S1:E25

    After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Naked City Season 1 Episode 29 - Baker's Dozen
    8.3/10(87 votes)

    #17 - Baker's Dozen

    S1:E29

    A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.

    Director:George Sherman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Naked City Season 2 Episode 18 - The Deadly Guinea Pig
    8.3/10(86 votes)

    #18 - The Deadly Guinea Pig

    S2:E18

    An investigation into the shooting deaths of an NYPD uniformed patrolman and a citizen leads to a tangled web of ex-Nazi's and concentration camp survivors.

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Naked City Season 2 Episode 23 - New York to L.A.
    8.3/10(128 votes)

    #19 - New York to L.A.

    S2:E23

    Det. Flint and Lt. Busti head to Los Angeles to extradite two sociopath brothers to face robbery and murder charges back in New York.

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Howard Rodman

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  20. Naked City Season 2 Episode 26 - C3H5(NO3)3
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    #20 - C3H5(NO3)3

    S2:E26

    After quarreling with his wife Martha, chemistry professor James Fallon goes out and drowns his troubles in drink.

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Naked City Season 2 Episode 29 - A Kettle of Precious Fish
    8.3/10(70 votes)

    #21 - A Kettle of Precious Fish

    S2:E29

    A well organized team of extortionists kidnap a group of businessmen on a chartered fishing boat. Ransom amounts and instructions are phoned to the victims' wives. The NYPD becomes involved in the case when the charter boat captain is found tied up and drugged-but alive. Meanwhile, the businessmen plan a revolt.

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Naked City Season 3 Episode 11 - Ooftus Goofus
    8.3/10(110 votes)

    #22 - Ooftus Goofus

    S3:E11

    George Bick is a 40 year old who never grew up. Fed up with his anonymous life and his henpecking wife, he decides to make the world notice him. He becomes the prankster known as "Ooftus Doofus"

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Naked City Season 3 Episode 23 - The One Marked Hot Gives Cold
    8.3/10(99 votes)

    #23 - The One Marked Hot Gives Cold

    S3:E23

    A man steals records from the orphanage where he grew up, hoping to find his father. At the same time, the age of his young female companion gets him in trouble with the police.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Naked City Season 3 Episode 31 - The Rydecker Case
    8.3/10(70 votes)

    #24 - The Rydecker Case

    S3:E31

    Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and gets an education in Justice.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Naked City Season 4 Episode 5 - Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy
    8.3/10(67 votes)

    #25 - Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy

    S4:E5

    A recently-retired policewoman who is facing her own mortality discovers, with the help of Detective Arcaro, how she has missed so many opportunities for happiness.

    Director:Denis Sanders
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish" is the best rated episode of "Naked City". It scored 8.7/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by David Lowell Rich and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/23/1962. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!".