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Detective Story. Broadway Playwright Sidney Kingsley's account of a day in a Manhattan detective-squad room becomes an even better movie as filmed by Producer-Director William Wyler; with Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker (TIME...
...idea that human dignity must be a mixture of bad as well as good is an old one; what gives it added impetus in the film is Kirk Douglas' moving portrayal of a man whose intense idealism precludes both pity and understanding. That the hard-bitten New York detective sees his problem and realizes his inability to deal with it is the tragedy of the play. His virtual suicide at the end of the movie is not just an easy way out for the play-wright; it is the only possible resolution of the conflict...
Detective Story. Broadway Playwright Sidney Kingsley's account of a day in a Manhattan detective-squad room becomes an even better movie as filmed by Director William Wyler; with Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker (TIME...
Detective Story. Broadway Playwright Sidney Kingsley's account of a day in a Manhattan detective-squad room becomes an even better movie as filmed by Producer-Director William Wyler; with Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker (TIME...
...rest of Detective Story's large cast, featuring William Bendix in a straight role as McLeod's older detective-partner, rounds out a lively gallery of Manhattan squadroom characters. For the first time since Champion, Kirk Douglas gets his teeth into a part tough enough to absorb all his biting intensity. Even more impressive, because it is less expected, is the remarkably well-shaded performance that Director Wyler draws out of Actress Parker in the difficult role of the detective's wife...