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The Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1

Every episode of Naked City Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1

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. 8.4/10(86 votes)

    #1 - Baker's Dozen

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    S1:E29

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

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.2/10(74 votes)

    #2 - The Bumper

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    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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.8/10(110 votes)

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

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    S1:E13

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

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  4. 7.8/10(93 votes)

    #4 - Even Crows Sing Good

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    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
  5. 7.8/10(61 votes)

    #5 - Beyond Truth

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    S1:E28

    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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.7/10(99 votes)

    #6 - Belvedere Tower

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    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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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.7/10(55 votes)

    #7 - Turn of Events

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    S1:E33

    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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.6/10(115 votes)

    #8 - Nickel Ride

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    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. 7.6/10(113 votes)

    #9 - Sidewalk Fisherman

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    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
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  11. 7.6/10(79 votes)

    #10 - The Bird Guard

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    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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  12. 7.6/10(87 votes)

    #11 - Burst of Passion

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    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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  13. 7.6/10(53 votes)

    #12 - A Little Piece of the Action

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    S1:E34

    A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.

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  14. 7.5/10(74 votes)

    #13 - The Other Face of Goodness

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    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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  15. 7.5/10(64 votes)

    #14 - The Shield

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    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
  16. 7.5/10(90 votes)

    #15 - Fire Island

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    S1:E23

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

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  17. 7.5/10(66 votes)

    #16 - The Rebirth

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    S1:E30

    A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.

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  18. 7.4/10(90 votes)

    #17 - No More Rumbles

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    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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  19. 7.4/10(75 votes)

    #18 - Lady Bug, Lady Bug

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    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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  20. 7.4/10(73 votes)

    #19 - Four Sweet Corners

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    S1:E31

    A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.

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  21. 7.3/10(148 votes)

    #20 - Meridian

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    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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  22. 7.3/10(71 votes)

    #21 - Susquehanna 4-7598

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    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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  23. 7.3/10(72 votes)

    #22 - The Manhole

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    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
  24. 7.3/10(62 votes)

    #23 - One to Get Lost

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    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
  25. 7.3/10(54 votes)

    #24 - Fallen Star

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    S1:E27

    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.

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  26. 7.3/10(55 votes)

    #25 - The Sandman

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    S1:E32

    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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:N/A

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Baker's Dozen" is the best rated episode of "Naked City" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by George Sherman and written by N/A, it aired on 4/14/1959. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Bumper".