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Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery/Noir/ThrillerNotable as: Film noirSub-Category: Film noir, Black-and-white, Thriller, Crime Fiction, DramaNarrative location: New York CityRuntime: 103 - 105 minutesLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: William WylerScreenwriter: Robert Wyler, Philip YordanCinematography: Lee GarmesStars: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gladys George, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant, Frank Faylen, Craig Hill Producer: William WylerAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress (Eleanor Parker)
Academy Award for Best Director (William Wyler)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler)Award details: (details at IMDb)
Description

Detective Story is a 1951 film noir which tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. It features Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, and George Macready. Both Lee Grant and Joseph Wiseman perform in their film debuts. The movie was adapted by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan from the 1949 play of the same name by Sidney Kingsley. Nominated for four Academy Awards, it was directed by William Wyler. An embittered New York cop leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. Little does he realize that his obsessive pursuit of an abortionist is leading him to discover his wife had an abortion. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.


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