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Naked City: A Killer Christmas | |
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Based on | The Naked City by Albert Maltz & Malvin Wald |
Written by | Jeff Freilich Christopher Trumbo |
Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
Starring | Scott Glenn Courtney B. Vance Laura Leighton Barbara Williams Nigel Bennett Lisa Vidal Al Waxman |
Theme music composer | Hummie Mann |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Jeff Freilich |
Cinematography | James Gardner |
Editor | David Baxter |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Production company | Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | December 13, 1998 |
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