 It was the first police series on American television built around a female protagonist.Over the next two years, Rosenberg directed 15 episodes of the ABC police-detective series "Naked City" (1958–1963), which like "Decoy" was shot in New York City.Meanwhile, Rosenberg was then hired to direct his first film, "Murder, Inc." (1960), starring Peter Falk, but a strike by both the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild resulted in his leaving the film and being replaced by its producer, Burt Balaban.