Series synopsis
Naked City is an American drama crime action & adventure television series that premiered on ABC on September 30, 1958. It ended on May 29, 1963. It was created by Stirling Silliphant. It stars James Franciscus, Harry Bellaver, Paul Burke and Horace McMahon.
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format.
In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
Premise
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format.
In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
Premise: There are eight million stories in the Naked City.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- James Franciscus as Jimmy Halloran
- Harry Bellaver as Frank Arcaro
- Paul Burke as Adam Flint
- Horace McMahon as Mike Parker
- Lawrence Dobkin as Narrator (voice)
- Nancy Malone as Libby Kingston
- Herbert B. Leonard as Narrator (voice)
- John McIntire as Daniel Muldoon
Supporting cast
- James Dunn as Peter Wilkin
- Lois Smith as Dawn Garrison
- William Daniels as Harry Culverin
- Norman Rose as Abe Ornitz
- Abraham Sofaer as Ling Twong
- Kent Smith as George Blake
- Luke Halpin as Kid #2
- Eileen Fulton as Janie Daggett
- Dan Tobin as Charles Banning
- Barbara Loden as Penny Sonners
- Terry Carter as Jack Lubin
- Henderson Forsythe as Dr. Hennickson
Guest cast
- James Dunn as Peter Wilkin
- Lois Smith as Dawn Garrison
- William Daniels as Harry Culverin
- Norman Rose as Abe Ornitz
- Abraham Sofaer as Ling Twong
- Kent Smith as George Blake
- Luke Halpin as Kid #2
- Eileen Fulton as Janie Daggett
- Dan Tobin as Charles Banning
- Barbara Loden as Penny Sonners
- Terry Carter as Jack Lubin
- Henderson Forsythe as Dr. Hennickson
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 138 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 39 | September 30, 1958 | June 23, 1959 |
| Season 2 | 32 | October 12, 1960 | June 21, 1961 |
| Season 3 | 33 | September 27, 1961 | June 20, 1962 |
| Season 4 | 34 | September 19, 1962 | May 29, 1963 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Meridian 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.. |
September 30, 1958 |
| 2 |
Nickel Ride 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. |
October 7, 1958 |
| 3 |
Line of Duty Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning. |
October 14, 1958 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Death of Princes Detective walks from icing surrendering shooter Gimpy, so his commander asks Adam to volunteer to spy him. Adam struggles with taking the assignment on gun-happy comrade Bane, whose jacket includes 2 other recent kills, but many medals. |
October 12, 1960 |
| 2 |
The Pedigree Sheet The investigation of a car wreck reveals two dead men (one killed by a bullet) and a survivor - a petulant, uncooperative young girl. |
October 19, 1960 |
| 3 |
A Succession of Heartbeats A millionaire playboy is murdered in his luxury apartment-along with a married woman. A "black book" filled with ladies telephone numbers doesn't include all of his conquests, including a woman who later confesses to the murders. |
October 26, 1960 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes After a military style armored car robbery has left six people dead, including two NYPD cops, the gang's leader is identified. Lt. Parker insists that a reluctant Det. Flint seek leads to the ringleader's whereabouts from a troubled ex-partner of the criminal. The ex-partner is consumed with guilt over having been an informant once before. |
September 27, 1961 |
| 2 |
Dead on the Field of Honor A 35 year old man, raised by his cultured Southern grandmother to be a "man of honor", has not had fortune shine upon him. He becomes unbalanced and begins to use a dueling pistol to right wrongs in his "field of honor" - Central Park. The bizarre shootings are thoroughly looked into by the NYPD as the man's mental state worsens. |
October 4, 1961 |
| 3 |
The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street After a car wreck between a truck and a hearse, a "corpse" gets up and walks away. The casket used was really a "submarine" - a means to smuggle an illegal immigrant into the U.S. The Undertaker tied to the incoming delivery did not know his "fixer" friend was also having something else illegally brought into the country. |
October 11, 1961 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hold for Gloria Christmas Poet Duncan Kleist breaks out of a hospital alcholic ward to retrieve some verses he traded for drinks. But Stanley, the bartender who now has the poems, tells Duncan he will have to buy them back. |
September 19, 1962 |
| 2 |
Idylls of a Running Back Pro football star shot by younger woman when he opens his hotel room door. The press assumes Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes was cheating on his wife, but Rhodes insists he doesn't even know the quiet, plain waitress. The paper trail fits the woman's claim they were lovers - separate hotel rooms as the player was on the road, gift receipts etc. check out, as Rhodes' life unravels. |
September 26, 1962 |
| 3 |
Daughter, Am I in My Father's House? A teenage girl is teased and handled a little roughly by four prankish teenage boys at a movie theater. The girl's father downplays the incident when the NYPD investigates. The father, a WWII combat veteran, has a plan to "save his daughter from any public embarrassment". He will hunt the boys down and mete out justice. |
October 3, 1962 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 30, 1958 |
| Last aired | May 29, 1963 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |