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The Best Episodes of Naked City

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The Best Episodes of Naked City

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...

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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Violent Circle

    S1:E5

    Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:N/A
  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Stakeout

    S1:E6

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

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Other Face of Goodness

    S1:E10

    New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Lady Bug, Lady Bug

    S1:E11

    A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.

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  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Sidewalk Fisherman

    S1:E4

    Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Explosive Heart

    S1:E14

    The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.

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  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Manhole

    S1:E15

    When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Nickel Ride

    S1:E2

    The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.

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  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Belvedere Tower

    S1:E8

    A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.

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  11. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Susquehanna 4-7598

    S1:E12

    A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.

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  12. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Even Crows Sing Good

    S1:E16

    In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  13. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Meridian

    S1:E1

    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..

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  14. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Line of Duty

    S1:E3

    Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.

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  15. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - No More Rumbles

    S1:E7

    A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.

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  16. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

    S1:E13

    The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.

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  17. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Which Is Joseph Creeley?

    S3:E7

    A man sentenced to die for the coldblooded murder of another man, is given an operation to remove a tumor from his brain. When the tumor is removed, he becomes a docile individual with no memory of the murder he committed. He is retried. Will he be found not guilty this time?

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  18. 0.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Bird Guard

    S1:E9

    A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.

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    #18 - Burst of Passion

    S1:E17

    Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.

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    #19 - Goodbye, My Lady Love

    S1:E18

    Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
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    #20 - The Shield

    S1:E19

    Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
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    #21 - One to Get Lost

    S1:E20

    George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
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    #22 - Hey, Teach!

    S1:E21

    Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.

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    #23 - Ticker Tape

    S1:E22

    The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.

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    #24 - Fire Island

    S1:E23

    The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.

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    #25 - Ten Cent Dreams

    S1:E24

    A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"The Violent Circle" is the best rated episode of "Naked City". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Douglas Heyes and written by N/A, it aired on 10/28/1958. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Stakeout".