Naked City: 20 Star-Filled Episodes (1963)
reviewed by Billy Ingram

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City... these are 20 of them.

20 of the best episodes of the early 1960s drama The Naked City arrived on DVD and it's very nicely put together, with pristine picture and sound.

This is a slow moving police hour set in New York City, native New Yorkers will be thrilled to see the city in all of it's pristine post-1950s vertical beauty. Many episodes, like 'Lady Bug Lady Bug', was filmed entirely on location and every storyline features the city prominently.

The allure of the show were the guest stars and they include William Shatner, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Telly Savalas, Martin Sheen and many other notables.

Viewers of modern day dramas will likely find these shows preachy and dialogue heavy but that's what TV dramas were in the 1960s.

Fans of this series have waited a long time for a release like this one from Image Entertainment and they won't be disappointed. There is also a 40 episode 'Best of Naked City' collection available.

REVIEW:
NAKED CITY on DVD

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:
THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION STORIES IN THE NAKED CITY… One of television's finest police dramas, NAKED CITY puts a human face on crime, going beyond a simplistic portrayal of good vs. evil to delve into the complex personal dramas of the people involved. This landmark collection features 20 classic episodes from the acclaimed Emmy® Award-winning series and includes an incredible cast of guest stars! Guest stars include: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Carroll O’Connor, Telly Savalas, Martin Sheen, Peter Fonda, Jean Stapleton, Ed Asner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jon Voight, James Caan, Doris Roberts, Diane Ladd and more!

EPISODES: Sweet Prince of Delancy Street, Portrait of a Painter, The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos, The One Marked Hot Gives Cold, Down the Long Night, To Walk in Silence, Shoes for Vinnie Winford, Tombstone for a Derelict, Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant, A Hole in the City, Bullets Cost Too Much, Prime of Life, Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow They Went Out with the Bow and Arrow, Lady Bug Lady Bug, One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World, Line of Duty, Spectre of the Rose Street Gang, The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish, The Pedigree Sheet, The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff

• Directors: Alex March, William A. Graham, Arthur Hiller, Buzz Kulik
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Dolby, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated:
• NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• DVD Release Date: February 19, 2013
• Run Time: 972 minutes