Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide by Leonard Maltin

Author:Leonard Maltin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

Nabonga (1944) 75m. ½ D: Sam Newfield. Buster Crabbe, Julie London, Fifi D’Orsay, Barton MacLane, Bryant Washburn. Incredible cheapie of little girl who survives jungle plane crash and makes friends with a local gorilla; she grows up (now played by London) to become a jungle goddess. Good for laughs, anyway. London’s film debut. Retitled: GORILLA.

Naked Alibi (1954) 86m. ½ D: Jerry Hopper. Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson, Casey Adams (Max Showalter), Chuck Connors. Dismissed from force because of “police brutality,” ex-cop Hayden continues to stalk cop-killer suspect Barry.

Naked and the Dead, The (1958) C-131m. D: Raoul Walsh. Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, William Campbell, Richard Jaeckel, James Best, Joey Bishop, L. Q. Jones, Robert Gist, Lili St. Cyr, Barbara Nichols. Norman Mailer’s intense novel about WW2 soldiers in the Pacific gets superficial but rugged filmization. Ray is the tough sergeant, Robertson the rich-kid lieutenant, Bishop the comic Jew, Jones the hick, Gist the loner, etc. RKO-Scope/WarnerScope.

Naked City, The (1948) 96m. D: Jules Dassin. Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Frank Conroy, David Opatoshu, Celia Adler, Molly Picon. Time (and decades of TV cop shows) have dulled the edge of this once-trendsetting crime drama, produced by columnist Mark Hellinger on the streets of N.Y.C., following the investigation of a murder case step by step. Fitzgerald is still first-rate, cast against type as the detective in charge, and the cast is peppered with soon-to-be-familiar character actors (Arthur O’Connell, Paul Ford, James Gregory, et al.). Cinematographer William Daniels and editor Paul Weatherwax won Oscars for their work. Screenplay by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald. Later a TV series.

Naked Dawn, The (1955) C-82m. ½ D: Edgar G. Ulmer. Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Roy Engel, Eugene Iglesias, Charita. Modern Western about a snowballing series of crimes. Based on a story by Gorky, and much admired by Ulmer buffs.

Naked Earth (1958-British) 96m. ½ D: Vincent Sherman. Juliette Greco, Richard Todd, John Kitzmiller, Finlay Currie. Misguided soap opera set in 1890s Africa, trying to build up aspiring star Greco. CinemaScope.

Naked Edge, The (1961) 99m. ½ D: Michael Anderson. Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Michael Wilding, Peter Cushing. Uneven suspenser of Kerr thinking husband Cooper is guilty of murder. Cooper’s last film, made in London.

Naked Heart, The (1950-British) 96m. D: Marc Allegret. Michele Morgan, Kieron Moore, Françoise Rosay, Jack Watling. Little of consequence happens in this sad story based on book Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon. Filmed before in 1935 (in France) and again in 1983 (in Canada).

Naked Hills, The (1956) C-73m. ½ D: Josef Shaftel. David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, Marcia Henderson, Jim Backus. Raggedy account of Wayne who has gold fever and spends life searching for ore, ignoring wife and family.

Naked in the Night SEE: Madeleine (1958-German)

Naked Jungle, The (1954) C-95m. D: Byron Haskin. Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad. High-class South American jungle adventure, with Heston and wife Parker surrounded on their plantation by advancing army of red ants.

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