The Best Episodes of Naked City Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(74 votes)

   #1 - The Bumper

   S1:E253/17/1959

   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:Unknown

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2. 

   8.3/10(84 votes)

   #2 - Baker's Dozen

   S1:E294/14/1959

   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:Unknown

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   Director:George Sherman

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3. 

   7.9/10(76 votes)

   #3 - Even Crows Sing Good

   S1:E161/13/1959

   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:Unknown

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   Director:John Brahm

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4. 

   7.8/10(61 votes)

   #4 - Beyond Truth

   S1:E284/7/1959

   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:Unknown

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   Director:John Brahm

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5. 

   7.7/10(118 votes)

   #5 - Sidewalk Fisherman

   S1:E410/21/1958

   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:Unknown

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6. 

   7.7/10(87 votes)

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

   S1:E1312/23/1958

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

   Director:Stuart Rosenberg

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   7.7/10(56 votes)

   #7 - Turn of Events

   S1:E335/12/1959

   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:Unknown

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8. 

   7.6/10(123 votes)

   #8 - Nickel Ride

   S1:E210/7/1958

   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

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   Director:Douglas Heyes

   Writer:Stirling Silliphant
9. 

   7.6/10(86 votes)

   #9 - Belvedere Tower

   S1:E811/18/1958

   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:Unknown

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   Director:William Beaudine

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10. 

    7.6/10(84 votes)

    #10 - The Bird Guard

    S1:E911/25/1958

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

    Director:William Beaudine

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William Beaudine

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11. 

    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #11 - Burst of Passion

    S1:E171/20/1959

    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:Unknown

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12. 

    7.6/10(55 votes)

    #12 - A Little Piece of the Action

    S1:E345/19/1959

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

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer:Unknown

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13. 

    7.5/10(79 votes)

    #13 - The Other Face of Goodness

    S1:E1012/2/1958

    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:Unknown

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14. 

    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #14 - The Shield

    S1:E192/3/1959

    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:Unknown

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15. 

    7.5/10(69 votes)

    #15 - Fire Island

    S1:E233/3/1959

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

    Director:Norman Tokar

    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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    Director:Norman Tokar

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16. 

    7.5/10(68 votes)

    #16 - The Rebirth

    S1:E304/21/1959

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

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.4/10(95 votes)

    #17 - No More Rumbles

    S1:E711/11/1958

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

    Director:William Beaudine

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.4/10(80 votes)

    #18 - Lady Bug, Lady Bug

    S1:E1112/9/1958

    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:Unknown

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19. 

    7.4/10(76 votes)

    #19 - Four Sweet Corners

    S1:E314/28/1959

    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:Unknown

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20. 

    7.3/10(158 votes)

    #20 - Meridian

    S1:E19/30/1958

    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

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    Director:Jerry Hopper

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21. 

    7.3/10(95 votes)

    #21 - The Violent Circle

    S1:E510/28/1958

    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:Unknown

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22. 

    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #22 - The Manhole

    S1:E151/6/1959

    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:Unknown

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23. 

    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #23 - One to Get Lost

    S1:E202/10/1959

    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:Unknown

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24. 

    7.3/10(55 votes)

    #24 - Fallen Star

    S1:E273/31/1959

    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:Unknown

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25. 

    7.3/10(55 votes)

    #25 - The Sandman

    S1:E325/5/1959

    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:Unknown

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