Detective Story (1951)

Synopsis: William Wyler directed this classic adaptation of Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play. The film follows a day in the lives of detectives at a Manhattan police precinct. Among the cops is hard-boiled... William Wyler directed this classic adaptation of Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play. The film follows a day in the lives of detectives at a Manhattan police precinct. Among the cops is hard-boiled James McLeod -- a lawman who sees everything in terms of black and white. His inability to empathize with others could wreck the life of a young man arrested for a minor offense as well as his own marriage... [More]

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, William Bendix, Craig Hill, Joseph Wiseman, Gladys George, Frank Faylen, Warner Anderson, Gerald Mohr, Luis Van Rooten, George Macready, Cathy O'Donnell, Bob Scott

Director: William Wyler

Director: William Wyler
Producer: William Wyler
Screenwriter: Philip Yordan

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