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Naked City•Season 2•Episode 25

An Economy of Death

7.8/10 · 55 votesMay 3, 196140 min

Ranked #20 of 32 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

An old couple are swindled and lied to by a fellow Hungarian refugee who claimed to have contact with their granddaughter behind the Iron Curtain. After being exposed, the man names a community activist now living in NYC who committed a worse crime-a crime which

Directed byBoris Sagal

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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

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

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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

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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

Crew1

Boris Sagal

Boris Sagal

Director

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Episode Summary

"An Economy of Death" is episode 25 of Naked City season 2. It scored 7.8/10 from 55 votes, ranking #20 of 32 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Boris Sagal, it aired on May 3, 1961.

Next: E26 · C3H5(NO3)3 Best of Season 2