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Detective Story

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Detective Story
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NR,1hr 43min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1951
Director:
William Wyler
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix  ...more
Synopsis: Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Detective Story was praised for its realistic view of an event-filled day in a single police precinct station. The film, directed by meticulous taskmaster William Wyler, manages to retain this realism, even allowing for the star-turn performance of Kirk Douglas. A stickler for the letter of the law, Detective James McLeod (Douglas) is not averse to using strong-arm methods on criminals and witnesses alike in bringing lawbreakers to justice. He is particularly rough ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
William Wyler's Detective Story was one of the more shocking and compelling dramas of its period, and a film that raised a number of issues for audiences. Anyone who thinks that Hollywood in the 1950s put out nothing but safe, unchallenging movies can start rethinking that notion with this film, whose script is filled with moral mine fields in just about every scene, along with questions about devotion ... Full Review
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Kirk Douglas
Detective James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Lee Grant
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