Detective Story
(1951)
★ 7 IMDb · 169 votes
Year: 1951
Runtime: 103 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Уильям Уайлер
Cast: Кирк Дуглас, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Horace McMahon, Глэдис Джордж, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant, Gerald Mohr
Plot
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. 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.
Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation of the law and doesn't believe in turning the other cheek. The current object of his zealousness is Karl Schneider, an abortionist responsible for the death of several young women. Schneider's lawyer tells the precinct lieutenant that McLeod has his own personal reasons for going after his client. It turns out that his wife was a patient before they met, although Jim knew nothing of it. His world suddenly turned upside down, McLeod is too late in re-evaluating his priorities.