The Naked City (1948) is a headline frontrunner of the police procedural subset of noirs and crime dramas.
Steyn’s column is is one long spoiler but worth the read anyway unless you’ve never yet seen The Naked City. Your call. Steyn covers in detail the movie’s cast, crew, the origin and production and of course the real star of the movie, New York City.
Steyn didn’t write this column, unless Rick McGinnis is his new pen name.