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Naked City•Season 2•Episode 31

The Day the Island Almost Sank

7.7/10 · 67 votesJun 14, 196140 min

Ranked #24 of 32 in Season 2•−0.2 vs season avg

The NYPD is shorthanded, overworked and sleep deprived due to various conventions being held at the same time in Manhattan. When a visiting conventioneer is found brutally murdered Lt. Parker has no choice but to send an exhausted Sgt. Arcaro out to investigate.An unlikely person

Directed byWilliam Conrad

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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

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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

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Make-Believe Man

To Dream Without Sleep

A Kettle of Precious Fish

Sweet Prince of Delancey Street

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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

William Conrad

William Conrad

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Day the Island Almost Sank" is episode 31 of Naked City season 2. It scored 7.7/10 from 67 votes, ranking #24 of 32 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by William Conrad, it aired on June 14, 1961.

Next: E32 · Take and Put Best of Season 2