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Paramount Pictures presents "DETECTIVE STORY" (1951) (103 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- "Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Detective Story was praised for its realistic view of an event-filled day in a single police precinct station --- The film, directed by meticulous taskmaster William Wyler, manages to retain this realism, even allowing for the star-turn performance of Kirk Douglas --- A stickler for the letter of the law, Detective James McLeod (Douglas) is not averse to using strong-arm methods on criminals and witnesses alike in bringing lawbreakers to justice --- He is particularly rough on a first-time offender (Craig Hill), on whom the rest of the force is willing to go easy because of the anguish of his girlfriend (Cathy O'Donnell) --- But McLeod's strongest invective is reserved for shady abortion doctor Karl Schneider (George MacReady); McLeod all but ruins the case against Schneider by beating him up in the patrol wagon. When McLeod discovers that his own wife (Eleanor Parker) had many years earlier lost a baby in one of Schneider's operations, and that the baby's father was gangster Tami Giacoppetti (Gerald Mohr), it is too much for the detective to bear --- Punctuating the grim proceedings with brief moments of humor is future Oscar winner Lee Grant, reprising her stage role as a timorous shoplifter; it would be her last Hollywood assignment until the early 1960s, thanks to the iniquities of the blacklist --- Despite small concessions to Hollywood censorship, "Detective Story" largely upheld the power of its theatrical original.

An immensely powerful film with Douglas in top form.

Nominated for 4 Oscars: Director (William Wyler), Screenplay (Philip Yordan & Robert Wyler),
Actress (Eleanor Parker) & Supporting Actress (Lee Grant)

Under the production staff of:
William Wyler [Director/Producer]
Sidney Kingsley [Screenplay]
Robert Wyler [Writer]
Philip Yordan [Writer]
Lester Koenig [Associate producer]
Robert Wyler [Associate producer]
Lee Garmes [Cinematographer]
Robert Swink [Film Editor]
A. Earl Hedrick [Art Direction]
Hal Pereira [Art Direction]

BIOS:
1. William Wyler [Director]
Date of Birth: 1 July 1902 - Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]
Date of Death: 27 July 1981 - Los Angeles, California

2. Kirk Douglas [aka: Issur Danielovitch Demsky]
Date of Birth: 9 December 1916 - Amsterdam, New York
Date of Death: Still Living

3. Eleanor Parker [aka: Eleanor Jean Parker]
Date of Birth: 26 June 1922 - Cedarville, Ohio
Date of Death: Still Living

4. Lee Grant [aka: Lyova Haskell Rosenthal]
Date of Birth: 31 October 1927 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: Still Living

the cast includes:
Kirk Douglas - Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker - Mary McLeod
William Bendix - Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O'Donnell - Susan Carmichael
George Macready - Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon - Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George - Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman - Charley Gennini
Lee Grant - Shoplifter
Gerald Mohr - Tami Giacoppetti
Frank Faylen - Det. Gallagher
Warner Anderson - Endicott Sims

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay:5 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 103 min on DVD ~ Paramount Pictures ~ (10/25/2005)

Décidément Kirk Douglas est un acteur à la carrière exceptionnelle. "Detective Story" le montre une nouvelle fois. Certes, l'histoire de ce flic obsédé par son métier n'est pas toujours très originale. Et les portraits de flics un peu allumés sont nombreux dans les années cinquante, notamment l'extravagant "The Big Combo" de Joseph H. Lewis qu'il serait bon de rééditer dans une copie propre. Par arpport à Cornel Wilde, Kirk Douglas donne une plus grande densité à l'obession quile travaille. La copie est excellente, les noirs et blancs très propres. Pour touts les amateurs de films noirs, du niveau du "Carrefour de la Mort".

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