Naked City_
"There are eight million stories in the Naked City."
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”.
Created By
Stirling Silliphant
Network
ABC
Episodes
138
Updated Feb 16, 2026
WHERE TO WATCH
DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Overview
Naked City has 4 seasons with 138 episodes spanning 1958-1963.
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Year context
Naked City first aired 68 years ago in 1958.
CAST (5)
SEASONS (4 seasons, 138 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
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..
02
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…
03
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…
04
Sidewalk Fisherman
Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually…
05
The Violent Circle
Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness…
06
Stakeout
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
07
No More Rumbles
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
08
Belvedere Tower
A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.
09
The Bird Guard
A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.
10
The Other Face of Goodness
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.
11
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of…
12
Susquehanna 4-7598
A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to…
13
And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
14
The Explosive Heart
The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.
15
The Manhole
When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells…
16
Even Crows Sing Good
In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker…
17
Burst of Passion
Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on…
18
Goodbye, My Lady Love
Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.
19
The Shield
Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his…
20
One to Get Lost
George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is…
21
Hey, Teach!
Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window…
22
Ticker Tape
The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.
23
Fire Island
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
24
Ten Cent Dreams
A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.
25
The Bumper
After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their…
26
A Running of Bulls
The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is…
27
Fallen Star
A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing…
28
Beyond Truth
A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold…
29
Baker's Dozen
A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.
30
The Rebirth
A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.
31
Four Sweet Corners
A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.
32
The Sandman
Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered…
33
Turn of Events
A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a…
34
A Little Piece of the Action
A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.
35
The Bloodhounds
The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for…
36
The Scorpion Sting
The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.
37
Saw My Baby There
A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been…
38
The Canvas Bullet
A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.
39
A Wood of Thorns
To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution.
SEASON 2
01
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…
02
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.
03
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…
04
Down the Long Night
Norman Garry is harassed by former neighbor Max Evar. Evar,an "expert on horror", lost his family due to a fire he holds Garry responsible for.…
05
To Walk In Silence
A blue blood Wall Street investment manager witnesses a shooting. Afraid for his reputation,he stubbornly refuses to aid the NYPD in their investigation. After other…
06
Killer with A Kiss
A young man working at Bellevue Hospital, at the Mental Ward, has a neurosis himself. He harbors a deep seated hatred of his deceased military…
07
Debt of Honor
Murder during a poker game heist, doesn't faze the second biggest loser at the table. It's just hours before his betrothed arrives from Sicily via…
08
The Human Trap
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.…
09
The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half
Dying crook Wicklow heists a museum's entire diamond exhibit. A gemologist sneers that the rocks are well-known to be plastic duplicates. Why pull an elaborate…
10
Bullets Cost Too Much
A series of armed robberies made by four masked men eventually lead to a bar killing and public "second guessing" of Adam's handling of the…
11
Murder Is a Face I Know
Hitman's arrest destroys his double life as a small businessman who earned his new community's respect. Hurting the most is his son, a university basketball…
12
Landscape with Dead Figures
A talented artist who does not know his identity is a prisoner in a sanitarium. His long-term captivity ends due to the mention of an…
13
A Hole in the City
Armored car robbers vanish across from Yankee Stadium, so Lt. Busti dragnets the neighborhood, house-to-house. Brutal gang mastermind Nunda has much more to worry about,…
14
The Well-Dressed Termite
A shady businessman's junior partner takes it upon himself to order the death of a blackmailer. The junior partner has also schemed to reunite his…
15
The Day It Rained Mink
Four people, involved in the Manhattan fur trade, join together to steal fur coats valued at over $1,000,000 from a fashion show held at the…
16
Button in the Haystack
Ex-con panics when his own loan shark gets killed at his gas station. He tosses his own gun onto a passing truck, doubting the police…
17
Shoes for Vinnie Winford
A rich-kid,Mama's boy is ignored by the Board of Directors when made President of his deceased father's corporation. The young "Napoleon" however already has a…
18
The Deadly Guinea Pig
An investigation into the shooting deaths of an NYPD uniformed patrolman and a citizen leads to a tangled web of ex-Nazi's and concentration camp survivors.
19
Vengeance Is a Wheel
Security guard's murder during a burglary mobilizes his huge, close-knit Sicilian family. One of the watchman's sons wants the 65th Precinct's detectives to track the…
20
The Fault in Our Stars
An actor, down on his luck, resorts to murder in order to raise the cash needed to pay his rent.
21
Tombstone for a Derelict
Four young men decide to make known their concern about the problems of the world. They use a unique method to get everyone's attention -…
22
A Memory of Crying
A man bereft of any human emotions goes off the deep end when his young wife dies in childbirth.
23
New York to L.A.
Det. Flint and Lt. Busti head to Los Angeles to extradite two sociopath brothers to face robbery and murder charges back in New York.
24
A Very Cautious Boy
A gangland syndicate headed by lawyer Roy Baxter has been collecting protection money from Joe and Mama Ganoulian, owners of a local restaurant. The Ganoulians…
25
An Economy of Death
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.…
26
C3H5(NO3)3
After quarreling with his wife Martha, chemistry professor James Fallon goes out and drowns his troubles in drink.
27
Make-Believe Man
Officer Gode informs the detectives that one of his homeless men, a Frank Manfred, has disappeared and that some of the other Bowery citizens say…
28
To Dream Without Sleep
A lonely woman falls in love with a man she meets through an escort service. Assuming they will marry, she becomes hysterical and accidentally stabs…
29
A Kettle of Precious Fish
A well organized team of extortionists kidnap a group of businessmen on a chartered fishing boat. Ransom amounts and instructions are phoned to the victims'…
30
Sweet Prince of Delancey Street
Factory worker Peter Wilkins is fired from his job. In a moment of drunken anger, he threatens reprisal on the company.
31
The Day the Island Almost Sank
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…
32
Take and Put
A once wealthy family is now penniless. To "keep up appearances" and somewhat live as they became accustomed to,they invent a rather novel solution. They…
SEASON 3
01
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…
02
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…
03
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" -…
04
The Fingers of Henri Tourelle
A business owner is killed by gunshot in his office. The person who fired the shot couldn't have left the premises before the police arrived…
05
A Wednesday Night Story
An unhappy couple involve their Swedish nanny in their marital discord.
06
The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff
Kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl from a poor family. The criminals are a husband who's failed…
07
Which Is Joseph Creeley?
A man sentenced to die for the coldblooded murder of another man, is given an operation to remove a tumor from his brain. When the…
08
Show Me the Way to Go Home
A young man with emotional problems becomes violent when his mother wants him to be mentally evaluated at Bellevue. After assaulting her boyfriend, the NYPD…
09
The Hot Minerva
The 65th Precinct's detectives take a crash course in the art underworld to recover an ancient statue of the goddess Athena. Who'd steal the hot…
10
Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon
Shoemaker Anthony Scarzi, the much older husband of Josephine Ametto Scarzi, his wife of two years, struggles with her unfaithfulness and her desire to annul…
11
Ooftus Goofus
George Bick is a 40 year old who never grew up. Fed up with his anonymous life and his henpecking wife, he decides to make…
12
Bridge Party
A determined and utterly logical retiree wants an agreement to raise a drawbridge honored by a railroad - no matter what. When the railroad makes…
13
The Face of the Enemy
Highly-decorated veteran, Cornelius 'Neil' Daggett, has deteriorated from hero to alcoholic bum since the end of the war, having alienated his wife and family. He…
14
Portrait of a Painter
A mentally-disturbed young painter confesses to murdering his wife, who was found on the floor of his studio. But the detectives seek to establish, with…
15
The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos
A middle-aged neighborhood doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey, who is like a son to her, and his friend Phillip break…
16
The Contract
Both the fiancé and the guardian of a beautiful dead young woman claim to have murdered her, and it's up to the detectives to discover…
17
One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World
A widowed gangster is being challenged for custody of his son by his sister in-law. To show the court that he is a positive influence…
18
A Case Study of Two Savages
Two newlyweds from Arkansas, honeymoon in New York City. Their happy time is interrupted by the husband's continual penchant for murder and robbery as a…
19
Let Me Die Before I Wake
A psychologically-troubled moving company owner discovers some troubling truths about his family after a young girl is injured by a hit-and-run truck driver who was…
20
To Walk Like a Lion
An embezzler who stole to finance his mother's medical care runs into trouble while trying to end his scheme and return the leftover money.
21
Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
A mentally-stressed police officer suffers a debilitating breakdown over his family's poor financial condition, catalyzed by missing button on his uniform.
22
A Run for the Money
A middle aged hired killer, who committed his first murder for pay at age 14,is hunted both by organized crime which has put out a…
23
The One Marked Hot Gives Cold
A man steals records from the orphanage where he grew up, hoping to find his father. At the same time, the age of his young…
24
Without Stick or Sword
A Burmese Buddhist sailor (William Shatner) seeks revenge upon a ship's captain (Martin Balsam) who refused to pick up the sailor's younger brothers at sea,…
25
Lament for a Dead Indian
A man recently released from prison comes to NYC to get his friend to join him in running a farm. He is warned that his…
26
The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth
A Broadway agent dies in an actress' apartment and the detectives must discern who among those present is telling the truth: the actress, the married…
27
...And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them...
Detective Flint strives to stop his aging Romanian friend from using his big wedding party as cover for a bank robbery.
28
Strike a Statue
A renowned sculptor "immortalizing a moment in time" of a reviled European dictator is warned to stop working on the project. The men warning him,…
29
The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish
Mild-mannered Herbert Konish is living multiple simultaneous and separate lives, stumping the detectives who are trying to figure out exactly who he is and what…
30
The King of Venus Will Take Care of You
A man wanted by the police for robbery and murder is trapped in a tenement neighborhood.He crosses from building to building via rooftops and eventually…
31
The Rydecker Case
Adam and an inexperienced D.A. attempt to prosecute the well-connected fiancé of a wealthy New York scion. Adam wonders just who is on trial and…
32
Memory of a Red Trolley Car
A chemistry professor develops mental confusion symptoms after being exposed to a dangerous chemical spill, and the detectives race against the clock to find him…
33
Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud
Chauffeur snuffs his employer with roses, by forcing them in her face as the allergic dowager lies ill. Her agoraphobic daughter is ecstatic that now…
SEASON 4
01
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…
02
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…
03
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…
04
And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...
A young man with a disfigured face lives in the shadows of the city committing petty crimes until a young woman and Detective Flint show…
05
Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy
A recently-retired policewoman who is facing her own mortality discovers, with the help of Detective Arcaro, how she has missed so many opportunities for happiness.
06
Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring
Former contender Johnny Meigs, eking out a living after a brain injury, pleads to go back in the ring, to get money to send his…
07
Go Fight City Hall
A subway fare taker who tried to hide his drunken escapades by falsely reporting a crime, goes on a mini crime spree to try to…
08
Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long
To remain straight, an ex-con informs on the would-be robbers of a bar where he works, instead of helping the stickup men, his former pals.…
09
Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona
An old, but vibrant, man is shuffled off to an "Elderly Citizen's" home by his wealthy son. Both to get his son's attention and amuse…
10
A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!
An almost-blind young man roams the streets of New York after separating from his class, while his teacher (Diahann Carroll) attempts to convince his parents…
11
Dust Devil on a Quiet Street
An acting class prank gone tragically awry leads the detectives to look closely at a talented but emotionally-tortured student.
12
The Virtues of Madame Douvay
Dishwasher carved to death, while Adam & Libby slurp wine in a French bistro.
13
King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Table
Two longtime Polish friends in the meat business have some bad blood between them and fight to resolve their issues.
14
Spectre of the Rose Street Gang
Construction workers unearth the skeleton of a 14-year old boy, dead and buried for about 25 years. The only clue to his identity -- and…
15
Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It
Two Las Vegas showgirls travel to New York for the purpose of abducting a married psychiatrist with whom one of the women had an affair.…
16
Her Life in Moving Pictures
The detectives try to build a case against a womanizing con man who manipulates lonely maids in order to gain their confidence and burglarize the…
17
Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow
After a string of liquor store robberies and murders, a liquor store owner plans for retribution when his store is robbed and his friend, the…
18
The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree
A group of rich young men burglarize apartments in their own building, and to cover their tracks, escalate to violence.
19
Beyond This Place There Be Dragons
An ex-con, hustling a living by being part fence, sports bettor and police informant among other things,has a contract out on his life. He scrambles…
20
A Man Without a Skin
A hot dog, newspaper headline-grabbing detective has himself assigned to the 65th Precinct to find the killer of his partner. Both Lt. Parker and Det.…
21
Prime of Life
Flint is ordered to prison to witness the execution of a murderer he helped capture.
22
Bringing Far Places Together
An immigrant from Puerto Rico finds that things are not better and in many ways worse since moving to NYC. The inability to speak English…
23
The Highest of Prizes
A jury that seems hopelessly deadlocked debates the case of a man who murdered his wife in order to be with another woman, but there…
24
Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant
A corporate man who accidentally killed a man in a fight over a parking space mentally and physically tortures himself while the detectives search for…
25
Stop the Parade, a Baby Is Crying!
The reporting of a car theft by a good looking blonde seems odd for some reason to Detectives Flint and Arcaro. Later they and Lt.…
26
On the Battlefront, Every Minute Is Important
A psychotic who leads a burglary ring has an unfortunate habit of bursting into a murderous rage when things go wrong. When Adam investigates the…
27
Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle
American Indians employed in NYC as "high floor construction workers" are a close knit group that follow tribal customs. A loveless arranged marriage that has…
28
No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!
An immature man is the landlord of a house who is given to act irrationally because of the memory of his overbearing, deceased father. When…
29
Carrier
A young woman, a carrier of a deadly infectious disease, leaves a self-imposed exile of 14 years on Welfare Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for…
30
Color Schemes Like Never Before
A man with no "point of view" is strongly attracted to an opinionated woman. After he witnesses the accidental death of a "client" of his…
31
The S.S. American Dream
An emotional scrap dealer wants to purchase a ship bound for salvage, but he needs at least $3000. When his business partner refuses to help,…
32
One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski
The tension between a stock worker and his boss in a cardboard packaging plant, over a co-worker they both are in love with, escalates into…
33
Golden Lads and Girls
A pair of married couples from different social and economic backgrounds find they do have something in common. The couples both are involved in physically…
34
Barefoot on a Bed of Coals
A man who failed to qualify for the NYPD takes to impersonating a uniformed patrolman.His motives have to do with wanting to serve the public…
SERIES INFO
4
Seasons
138
Episodes
Ended
Status
CREW
Creator
Stirling Silliphant
NETWORKS (1)
ABC
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Naked City about?
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”.
Where can I watch Naked City?
Naked City is available on Rakuten TV, Filmin, MUBI. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does Naked City have?
Naked City has 4 seasons with 138 episodes total.
Who created Naked City?
Naked City was created by Stirling Silliphant.
Who stars in Naked City?
The cast of Naked City includes Harry Bellaver, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Lawrence Dobkin, Nancy Malone.
What is the rating of Naked City?
Naked City has a rating of 5.5 out of 10 based on 11 votes on TMDB.
Is Naked City still running?
Naked City has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (3)
Drama
Crime
Action & Adventure
