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“[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."” quote by Dick Wolf — Download Open image

“[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."”

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