User Reviews

The plot of this episode is OK, but it's the location/SETTING that really holds my attention.

That lovely, intimate old-world French restaurant, with its wood walls and booths, decorated with rows of tiles or etchings...whatever...really helps bring this show to life.

We also get to see the distinguished French actor (and World War II hero) Claude Dauphin in action, as well as a featured appearance by NY actor George Irving as the butcher; check his credentials--the guy was a legend of the Broadway musical theater, and it's great to see him in his prime in a small role.

Then there's Paul Burke's scene in Angelique's cozy garret/apartment--- HOLY COW, what was happening (or ABOUT to happen) there??? The next time we see Adam, he seems to have a certain "glow" about him. Who could blame him, since Libby (Nancy Malone) was at her frumpiest and most annoying in this episode, obsessing over the four lines of dialogue she's been given in some dumb play or other. So often, her scenes descend from time-filler to time WASTER, as in this case.

Also, I was puzzled by this: Adam follows Nico Minardos into Madame Douvay's apartment, Nico puts the make on her, then runs into Adam as he flees out the door. Why didn't Nico immediately become a prime suspect in trying to solve the murder? I mean, they spent tons of time harassing poor Claude Dauphin, while never even MENTIONING Adam's encounter with Nico.

IN ANY CASE-- to fill in the dead spots in the plot, there's PLENTY of great shots of the shops and stores in the area where the show was filmed, which go a long way in elevating the interest level of this episode. LR

***SPOILERS*** It's when French restaurant owner Ogier Douvay's, Claude Dauphin, step brother Marius, Fracois Flamand, is found stabbed to death in the kitchen area of his restaurant the NYPD is called in to investigate. Admittedly Marius was a good for nothing leach who stuffed his face with food without paying for it and never did a days work in his entire life! But him being savagely murdered was a bit too much of a price even for Marius to pay.

With the NYPD checking out all the clues to Marius' murder it's Ogier who soon becomes the #1 suspect in that there's a missing and critical 20 minutes that he can't seem to explain or account for during the time when Marius was killed. We in the audience do know just who murdered Marius since we saw it within the first five minutes of the "Naked City" episode and it wasn't Ogier. It was in fact fellow Frenchman the Algerian born Moktir, Nico Minarods, who killed him in revenge for Marius slaying his father back in Algeria! But here's where things get interesting in that Moktir noticed Ogier sexy wife Medeleine,Denise Darcel, who's some 20 years younger then her husband and instead of checking out of the country and getting safely back to Algeria he decided to stay in New York City and romance her. This despite her already being married to her wimp of a husband Ogier whom she has nothing but contempt,not love, for!

****SPOILERS**** The cops lead by lover boy and overly sensitive-for the criminal element in the city- Let.Adam Flint, Paul Burke, who seems to have no time for his long suffering girlfriend aspiring actress Libby Kingston, played by Nancy Malone, do in fact end up cracking the somewhat puzzling murder case. That's with Moktia admitting his crime, without the cops once having to work him over, and then sent straight to Attica State prison without even as much as a trial. As for Ogier's missing 20 minutes it had nothing to do with his step brother Marius's murder but with an extra material affair that he was having with one of his waitresses Anglique, Chana Eden. Which instead of having his wife Madeleine mad at him had her gain a new found respect for Ogler for being the man, or ladies man, and great lover that he turned out to be!