All Episodes of Naked City
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Season 1
6.0/101 votesMeridian
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1958
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..
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
7.0/101 votesNickel Ride
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1958
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.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
6.0/101 votesLine of Duty
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1958
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.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votesSidewalk Fisherman
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1958
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.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
9.0/101 votesThe Violent Circle
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1958
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.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
9.0/101 votesStakeout
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1958
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/101 votes
No More Rumbles
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1958
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
Belvedere Tower
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1958
A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 0.0/101 votes
The Bird Guard
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1958
A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/101 votes
The Other Face of Goodness
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1958
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/101 votes
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1958
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.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
Susquehanna 4-7598
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1958
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.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/101 votes
And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1958
The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101 votes
The Explosive Heart
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1958
The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.
Director: William Beaudine
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101 votes
The Manhole
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1959
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.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
Even Crows Sing Good
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1959
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.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Burst of Passion
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1959
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.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Goodbye, My Lady Love
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1959
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.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Shield
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1959
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.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
One to Get Lost
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1959
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.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Hey, Teach!
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1959
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.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Ticker Tape
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1959
The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Fire Island
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1959
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Stirling Silliphant
- NaN/100 votes
Ten Cent Dreams
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1959
A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Bumper
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1959
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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
A Running of Bulls
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/24/1959
The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Fallen Star
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/31/1959
A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Beyond Truth
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1959
A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Baker's Dozen
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/14/1959
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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Rebirth
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/21/1959
A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Four Sweet Corners
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/28/1959
A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Sandman
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/5/1959
Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered the hit.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Turn of Events
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/12/1959
A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a dance club.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
A Little Piece of the Action
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/19/1959
A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Bloodhounds
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/26/1959
The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for a missing girl.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Scorpion Sting
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/2/1959
The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Saw My Baby There
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/9/1959
A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
The Canvas Bullet
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/16/1959
A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
A Wood of Thorns
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/23/1959
To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A