The Naked City
Film critic Bruce Eder discussed the "cinéma vérité-style" crime thrillers produced in the 1950s. He wrote, "Universal made "The Sleeping City" as its own contribution to the cycle, directed by George Sherman. The results weren't as stylistically striking as " The Naked City", but had an appeal all its own -- the location shots had a more polished and slightly more visually lyrical look than those of "The Naked City", and if the music by Frank Skinner (who'd scored part of the Dassin movie) wasn't as ornate as that of Miklós Rózsa (who scored the Dassin movie's finale), it helped sustain the tension set up by the script."