THE NAKED CITY and (1948)
Directed by Jules Dassin
96 minutes
Following a beautiful young model's murder on W. 83rd St., inspector Barry Fitzgerald and detective Don Taylor track down leads to Stillman's Gym, the old Essex Market (Essex Street, just north of Delancey), a corner candy store at Norfolk and Rivington, and ultimately to the City Morgue and Roosevelt Hospital–among the picture's 107 different locations–with final showdown on the Williamsburg Bridge. Based on an actual 1920s case, once covered by producer, narrator, and erstwhile newspaperman Mark Hellinger. Oscar -winning camerawork by former Garbo lenser William Daniels.