Detective Story
Detective Story

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Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation of the law and doesn't believe in turning the other cheek. The current object of his zealousness is Karl Schneider, an abortionist responsible for the death of several young women. Schneider's lawyer tells the precinct lieutenant that McLeod has his own personal reasons for going after his client. It turns out that his wife was a patient before they met, although Jim knew nothing of it. H... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Detective Story:

Kirk Douglas
Eleanor Parker
William Bendix
Cathy O'Donnell
George Macready
Horace McMahon

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Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation of the law and doesn't believe in turning the other cheek. The current object of his zealousness is Karl Schneider, an abortionist responsible for the death of several young women. Schneider's lawyer tells the precinct lieutenant that McLeod has his own personal reasons for going after his client. It turns out that his wife was a patient before they met, although Jim knew nothing of it. His world suddenly turned upside down, McLeod is too late in re-evaluating his priorities.

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The Retro Set - 9/10 by Nathanael HoodCounterintuitively, by abandoning the traditional Hollywood film grammar of quick-cut editing between different shot sizes and distances, Wyler managed to tell his story with a power practically unheard of in 1940s cinema.
Chicago Tribune - 9/10 by Michael WilmingtonWilliam Wyler has polished the legit hit by Pulitzer-prizewinner Sidney Kingsley into a cinematic gem. Scripters have stuck almost to the letter of the original play. Even the location seldom changes from Kingsley's single set, the realistic headquarters room of the detective squad.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 8/10 by Emanuel LevyThough not one of Wyler's best films (it's still a play), the drama is well acted by Kirk Douglas as the tormented and obsessive cop and Lee Grant as a juvenile delinquent.
Cinema em Cena - 8/10 by Pablo VillaçaWyler não consegue escapar da origem teatral do texto, mas imprime energia ao filme, que também é beneficiado por uma atuação estupenda de Douglas e por ótimas performances de Bendix, Parker e Grant (em sua estréia no cinema).
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Susan KingDetective Story is a hard-grained entertainment, not revealing but bruisingly real.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Dave KehrSidney Kingsley's Broadway hit, modeled a little too clearly on Greek tragedy, becomes a solid film d'art under William Wyler's supple, impersonal direction.
Portland Oregonian - 8/10 by Ted MaharIt has a certain compulsiveness, but as with Dead End (also based on a play by Sidney Kingsley), the main interest lies in the admirable set.
User Review - 10/10 by Grant SWilliam Wyler's gritty, absorbing cinematic adaptation of the smash Broadway hit play by Sidney Kingley. It is set in a New York City police station in the early 1950s, where a rigid, no-nonsense Detective named Jim McLeod, played brilliantly by Kirk Douglas in a powerhouse performance. McLeod has a twisted personal code and a unique hatred for criminals which he has no mercy for, he would act as judge and jury for any case for which he is involved. He obsessively pursues an abortionist, Karl Schneider, superbly played by George Macready who has been link to the death of several young women, this will tragically lead McLeod to personal disaster. Astute direction by Wyler, with exceptional performances by Eleanor Parker in an Oscar nominated performance as McLeod's loving wife with a past, William Bendix as McLeod's loyal police colleague, Horace McMahon as McLeod's stern, but fair Commander, Joseph Wiseman as the hysterical thief, Michael Strong as the dim-witted thief's partner, Craig Hill as the handsome, clean-cut embezzler, Cathy O'Donnell as the embezzler's adoring wannabe girlfriend, and Lee Grant who is sensation in her Oscar nominated film debut as a Brooklynese shoplifter. An American classic. Highly Recommended.
User Review - 10/10 by Ilsa LMy favorite movie since I was 8 years old. I am not sure what that says about me, but, good or bad, it says something. lol
User Review - 10/10 by Aj VMy second favourite Kirk Douglas movie. He plays a detective perfectly, the dialogue is great, the rest of the cast is great, the story is exciting, and it all takes place in one day. One of my favourite movies.

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