As of July 2026, Naked City Season 1 aired in 1958 with 39 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Naked City Season 1

1958 39 Episodes Drama · Crime ⭐ 6/10

If you want a crime drama that treats its mystery as more than a puzzle, Naked City Season 1 is available on streaming right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 13 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. James Franciscus sets the tone, and the ensemble matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Naked City Season 1 is worth clearing space for. The plotting in Naked City Season 1 is tight enough that the twists feel earned rather than assembled. Season 1 of Naked City includes 39 episodes. It aired from September 1958 to June 1959. This season stars James Franciscus, Harry Bellaver and Horace McMahon. James Franciscus and Harry Bellaver lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1958. The plot mechanics of Naked City Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they are after in Naked City Season 1. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. James Franciscus anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.

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🎬 Naked City Season 1 — Episode Guide

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..

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 armored car traveling on the ferry.

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 man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.

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 was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who...

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 in a gang killing.

A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.

No More Rumbles

A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.

Belvedere Tower

A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.

A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.

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.

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 the man's alienated son.

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 be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.

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.

The Explosive Heart

The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.

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 police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.

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 living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.

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 a killing spree throughout the city.

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.

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 father's footsteps.

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 the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.

🎭 Cast of Naked City Season 1

James Franciscus

James Franciscus

Harry Bellaver

Horace McMahon

Herbert B. Leonard

Narrator (voice)

John McIntire

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