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Naked City (1958)

Crime · Drama · Thriller

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”.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (1,595 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1958)

7.35 avg 39 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Meridian	7.3	156
2	Nickel Ride	7.6	120
3	Line of Duty	7.3	109
4	Sidewalk Fisherman	7.7	116
5	Violent Circle	7.3	94
6	Stakeout	7.1	86
7	No More Rumbles	7.5	92
8	Belvedere Tower	7.7	84
9	The Bird Guard	7.8	82
10	The Other Face of Goodness	7.5	78
11	Lady Bug, Lady Bug	7.4	79
12	Susquehanna 4-7598	7.3	76
13	And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol	7.7	86
14	The Explosive Heart	7.2	70
15	The Manhole	7.3	75
16	Even Crows Sing Good	7.9	74
17	Burst of Passion	7.6	69
18	Goodbye My Lady Love	7.2	61
19	The Shield	7.5	66
20	One to Get Lost	7.3	63
21	Hey, Teach!	6.8	63
22	Ticker Tape	6.9	64
23	Fire Island	7.5	69
24	Ten Cent Dreams	7.0	58
25	The Bumper	8.3	74
26	A Running of Bulls	6.4	63
27	Fallen Star	7.3	55
28	Beyond Truth	7.8	60
29	Baker's Dozen	8.3	83
30	The Rebirth	7.5	67
31	Four Sweet Corners	7.4	76
32	The Sandman	7.3	55
33	Turn of Events	7.7	56
34	A Little Piece of the Action	7.6	55
35	The Bloodhounds	6.8	55
36	The Scorpion Sting	6.4	51
37	Saw My Baby There	6.8	53
38	The Canvas Bullet	6.9	51
39	A Wood of Thorns	6.9	64

Season 2 (1960)

7.94 avg 32 episodes 8.2 → 7.5 59 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death of Princes	8.2	135
2	The Pedigree Sheet	7.6	95
3	A Succession of Heartbeats	7.7	87
4	Down the Long Night	7.9	89
5	To Walk in Silence	8.1	103
6	Killer with a Kiss	7.5	83
7	Debt of Honor	7.8	106
8	The Human Trap	7.7	82
9	The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half	7.6	89
10	Bullets Cost Too Much	8.4	99
11	Murder Is a Face I Know	8.2	91
12	Landscape with Dead Figures	8.5	85
13	A Hole in the City	8.5	114
14	The Well-Dressed Termite	7.3	64
15	The Day It Rained Mink	7.3	61
16	Button in the Haystack	8.4	82
17	Shoes for Vinnie Winford	7.9	75
18	The Deadly Guinea Pig	8.3	86
19	Vengeance Is a Wheel	8.1	75
20	The Fault in Our Stars	8.5	102
21	Tombstone for a Derelict	7.4	90
22	A Memory of Crying	8.0	90
23	New York to L.A.	8.3	100
24	A Very Cautious Boy	7.8	79
25	Economy of Death	7.8	55
26	C3H5(NO3)3	8.3	74
27	Make-Believe Man	7.2	68
28	To Dream Without Sleep	8.1	74
29	A Kettle of Precious Fish	8.3	70
30	Sweet Prince of Delancey Street	8.1	80
31	The Day the Island Almost Sank	7.7	67
32	Take and Put	7.5	79

Season 3 (1961)

7.72 avg 33 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes	8.0	74
2	Dead on the Field of Honor	7.9	67
3	The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street	8.0	71
4	The Fingers of Henri Tourelle	8.2	75
5	A Wednesday Night Story	8.2	82
6	The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff	7.9	83
7	Which Is Joseph Creeley?	8.1	83
8	Show Me the Way to Go Home	7.1	75
9	The Hot Minerva	6.8	76
10	Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon	6.9	84
11	Ooftus Goofus	8.3	93
12	Bridge Party	8.6	75
13	The Face of the Enemy	8.4	94
14	Portrait of a Painter	7.9	99
15	The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos	7.5	73
16	The Contract	6.7	67
17	One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World	7.7	62
18	A Case Study of Two Savages	8.1	91
19	Let Me Die Before I Wake	7.6	79
20	To Walk Like a Lion	7.2	77
21	Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming	8.4	80
22	A Run for the Money	7.2	57
23	The One Marked Hot Gives Cold	8.4	83
24	Without Stick or Sword	7.3	70
25	Lament for a Dead Indian	7.9	66
26	The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth	7.3	66
27	..And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them!..	6.0	52
28	Strike a Statue	6.9	51
29	The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish	8.7	71
30	The King of Venus Will Take Care of You	8.5	72
31	The Rydecker Case	8.3	72
32	Memory of a Red Trolley Car	6.8	56
33	Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud	7.8	66

Season 4 (1962)

7.73 avg 34 episodes 7.5 → 8.4 60 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hold for Gloria Christmas	7.5	95
2	Idylls of a Running Back	8.6	78
3	Daughter Am I in My Father's House	8.0	84
4	And by the Sweat of Thy Brow...	8.5	72
5	Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy!	8.3	69
6	Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring	7.6	68
7	Go Fight City Hall	6.2	51
8	Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long	7.9	67
9	Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona	7.7	52
10	A Horse Has a Big Head - Let Him Worry!	8.7	92
11	Dust Devil on a Quiet Street	7.5	61
12	The Virtues of Madame Douvay	7.2	56
13	King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable	7.5	53
14	Spectre of the Rose Street Gang	8.3	69
15	Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It	6.0	72
16	Her Life in Moving Pictures	7.7	56
17	Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow	8.3	69
18	The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree	7.8	63
19	Beyond This Place There Be Dragons	8.3	67
20	Man Without a Skin	8.2	58
21	Prime of Life	8.6	91
22	Bringing Far Places Together	8.0	70
23	The Highest of Prizes	8.0	66
24	Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant	8.0	63
25	Stop the Parade! A Baby Is Crying!	7.4	52
26	On the Battle Front: Every Minute Is Important	8.0	52
27	Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle	7.6	56
28	No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!	5.7	57
29	Carrier	8.3	72
30	Color Schemes Like Never Before	7.9	46
31	The S.S. American Dream	8.2	51
32	One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski	5.2	57
33	Golden Lads and Girls	7.8	65
34	Barefoot on a Bed of Coals	8.4	66