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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. Background image for The Violent Circle
    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:Unknown
  2. Background image for Stakeout
    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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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Other Face of Goodness
    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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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Lady Bug, Lady Bug
    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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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
    8.7/10(86 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for A Hole in the City
    8.6/10(109 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. Background image for Landscape with Dead Figures
    8.5/10(83 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for Bullets Cost Too Much
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    #8 - 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

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Fault in Our Stars
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Bridge Party
    8.4/10(71 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Face of the Enemy
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
    8.4/10(78 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Robert Gist
  14. Background image for The One Marked Hot Gives Cold
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
    8.4/10(69 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Button in the Haystack
    8.3/10(81 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Tay Garnett
  17. Background image for A Kettle of Precious Fish
    8.3/10(69 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Ooftus Goofus
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #17 - 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"

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Rydecker Case
    8.3/10(69 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for A Death of Princes
    8.2/10(132 votes)

    #19 - A Death of Princes

    S2:E1

    Detective walks from icing surrendering shooter Gimpy, so his commander asks Adam to volunteer to spy him. Adam struggles with taking the assignment on gun-happy comrade Bane, whose jacket includes 2 other recent kills, but many medals.

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  21. Background image for Murder Is a Face I Know
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #20 - Murder Is a Face I Know

    S2:E11

    Hitman's arrest destroys his double life as a small businessman who earned his new community's respect. Hurting the most is his son, a university basketball ace who worships his father, and can't believe that he's such a stony, experienced assassin.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Deadly Guinea Pig
    8.2/10(85 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for New York to L.A.
    8.2/10(126 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for C3H5(NO3)3
    8.2/10(72 votes)

    #23 - C3H5(NO3)3

    S2:E26

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Fingers of Henri Tourelle
    8.2/10(71 votes)

    #24 - The Fingers of Henri Tourelle

    S3:E4

    A business owner is killed by gunshot in his office. The person who fired the shot couldn't have left the premises before the police arrived to investigate, but the responsible gunman proves elusive.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for A Wednesday Night Story
    8.2/10(79 votes)

    #25 - A Wednesday Night Story

    S3:E5

    An unhappy couple involve their Swedish nanny in their marital discord.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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 Unknown, it aired on 10/28/1958. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Stakeout".