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Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Mono Audio, French, Subtitled
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. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best Actress--Eleanor Parker, Best Screenplay.
"Detective Story features one of Kirk Douglas' finest performances." David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
Editor's Note
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."
Plot Summary
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...
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 10/25/2005 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1951 | | Catalog ID: 051114 | | UPC: 00097360511147 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1952) | | | Eleanor Parker, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Lee Grant, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | | | William Wyler, Nominee, Best Director | | | Philip Yourdan, et. al., Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Douglas plays McLeod with a wound-up earnestness..." -- Grade: B 10/28/2005 p.69 |
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