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Naked City•Season 2•Episode 16

Button in the Haystack

8.4/10 · 82 votesFeb 22, 196140 min

Ranked #4 of 32 in Season 2•+0.5 vs season avg

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

Directed byTay Garnett

Written byHoward Rodman

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Seasons4

Season 2 Episodes32

A Death of Princes

The Pedigree Sheet

A Succession of Heartbeats

Down the Long Night

To Walk In Silence

Killer with A Kiss

Debt of Honor

The Human Trap

The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half

Bullets Cost Too Much

Murder Is a Face I Know

Landscape with Dead Figures

A Hole in the City

The Well-Dressed Termite

The Day It Rained Mink

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Button in the Haystack

Shoes for Vinnie Winford

The Deadly Guinea Pig

Vengeance Is a Wheel

The Fault in Our Stars still

The Fault in Our Stars

Tombstone for a Derelict

A Memory of Crying still

A Memory of Crying

New York to L.A.

A Very Cautious Boy

An Economy of Death

C3H5(NO3)3

Make-Believe Man still

Make-Believe Man

To Dream Without Sleep

A Kettle of Precious Fish

Sweet Prince of Delancey Street

The Day the Island Almost Sank

Take and Put still

Take and Put

Cast5

Harry Bellaver

Harry Bellaver

Frank Arcaro

Paul Burke

Paul Burke

Adam Flint

Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

Mike Parker

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Narrator (voice)

Nancy Malone

Nancy Malone

Libby Kingston

Crew2

Tay Garnett

Tay Garnett

Director

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Howard Rodman

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Button in the Haystack" is episode 16 of Naked City season 2. It scored 8.4/10 from 82 votes, ranking #4 of 32 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Tay Garnett and written by Howard Rodman, it aired on February 22, 1961.

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