The Naked Street

Released Sep 30, 1955

1 hr. 24 min.

Crime

Drama

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Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) is the sister of notorious, well-connected mobster Phil (Anthony Quinn). When Rosalie ends up pregnant by Nicky (Farley Granger), an upstart crook facing a death sentence, Phil uses his influence to clear the soon-to-be-father's name and get him out of prison so that he can marry Rosalie. When the young woman loses her baby because of a medical complication, Nicky promptly ditches her. But Phil doesn't take kindly to this, and decides to make Nicky's life a living hell.

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Aldo G

Maxwell Shane's last two Hollywood features as screenwriter/director before going to TV are well done, although box office flops. (The other film is the Edward G. Robinson mystery pic named Nightmare.) The Naked Street features a strong performance by Anthony Quinn as a mobster who forces a thug to marry his sister because he's impregnated her. A strong supporting cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/19/23

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william k

Standard crime melodrama is not too exciting, but is well-staged with a good cast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

second rate film noir from the 2nd cycle.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

This film is described as mediocre. I agree. Quinn just passes as a mob boss, but Peter Graves adds nothing. The bright spot is Anne Bancroft who plays a mobster's sister much better than Talia Shire did.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Passable noirish crime drama with Graves the crusading reporter and many familiar character actors popping up here and there. Quinn is properly oily but Farley Granger is miscast looking more like he's fresh from prep school than the tenements. Anne Bancroft, during the first uneventful phase of her Hollywoood career, is wasted as Quinn's timourous sister all her fire banked into a nothing part. The script and direction are competent nothing more.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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A good cast is wasted in this weak gangster yarn. The story owes a lot to Hawks' far superior "Scarface". However, this is another film that was never released on video, so it was kind of cool to catch it on TCM.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Maxwell Shane

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Farley Granger

Nicholas `'Nicky'` Bradna

Anthony Quinn

Phil Regal

Anne Bancroft

Rosalie Regalzyk

Peter Graves

Joe McFarland

Sara Berner

Millie Swadke

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An unconvincing second-rate film noir.

Rated: C

May 1, 2009

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Synopsis

Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) is the sister of notorious, well-connected mobster Phil (Anthony Quinn). When Rosalie ends up pregnant by Nicky (Farley Granger), an upstart crook facing a death sentence, Phil uses his influence to clear the soon-to-be-father's name and get him out of prison so that he can marry Rosalie. When the young woman loses her baby because of a medical complication, Nicky promptly ditches her. But Phil doesn't take kindly to this, and decides to make Nicky's life a living hell.

Director: Maxwell Shane
Screenwriter: Maxwell Shane
Production Co: Edward Small Productions
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 1955, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2017