| | Detective Story DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Detective Videos, Love Story, Cops, Film Noir | | Starring | Kirk Douglas, Frank Faylen, Bob Scott, Eleanor Parker, George Macready, Lee Grant, Warner Anderson, Joseph Wiseman, Cathy O'Donnell, William Bendix, Gerald Mohr, Gladys George, Horace McMahon, Craig Hill, Luis Van Rooten | | Director | William Wyler | | Art Director | Hal Pereira, Earl Hedrick | | Cinematographer | Lee Garmes | | Costume Designer | Edith Head | | Editor | Robert W. Swink | | Makeup | Wally Westmore | | Producer | William Wyler | | Screenwriter | Philip Yordan
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Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, and Lee Grant star. An embittered cop leads a precinct against the city's lowlife. 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... An embittered cop leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife while wife Parker suffers from neglect. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from "Hill Street Blues" to "NYPD Blue." Released theatrically in New York City November 1951.
Additional cast: Russell Evans (Patrolman Barnes), Howard Joslyn (Patrolman Keogh), and James Maloney (Pritchett).
Lee Grant, Joseph Wiseman, Horace McMahon and Michael Strong all repeated the roles they played in the Broadway play.
Film debut for actress Lee Grant. Detective Story Reviews: "Douglas plays McLeod with a wound-up earnestness..." -- Grade: B+
-- Edward Karam, Entertainment Weekly Detective Story | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.49) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1951 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  16469  | | CD Universe Part number | 6938228 | | Catalog number | 51114 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 103 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame |
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