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Detective Story

Detective Story

7.0/ 10

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157

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1951

Release Year

103 min

Runtime

Crime
Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

marriage crisis
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search for truth
police procedural
police misconduct

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8.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

January 22, 2020

8
8/10

It's intense at the 21st Precinct. An assortment of detectives and an assortment of criminals, all gathered together under the oppressive 21st Precint roof. It's a day that nobody present will ever forget - for better or worse... Directed by William Wyler (Best years Of Our Lives, Ben-Hur & W

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