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Naked City•Season 2•Episode 8

The Human Trap

7.7/10 · 83 votesNov 30, 196040 min

Ranked #22 of 32 in Season 2•−0.2 vs season avg

A wealthy playboy is dead from an icepick wound. He died in the upscale apartment of a woman whose ex-husband is a notorious gambling czar. The lady freely admits she killed the playboy - in defending her daughter from his advances. Lt. Parker and Det.

Directed byLamont Johnson

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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

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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

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

Crew1

Lamont Johnson

Lamont Johnson

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Human Trap" is episode 8 of Naked City season 2. It scored 7.7/10 from 83 votes, ranking #22 of 32 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Lamont Johnson, it aired on November 30, 1960.

Next: E9 · The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half Best of Season 2