DETECTIVE STORY

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Kirk Douglas, Charles D. Campbell, Edmund Cobb, Ann Codee, Catherine Doucet, Pat Flaherty, Harper Goff, Russell Evans, Howard Joslin, Mike Mahoney, James Maloney, Lee Miller, Ralph Montgomery, Burt Mustin, Mark Roberts, Donald Kerr, William 'Bill' Phillips, Grandon Rhodes, Warner Anderson, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Horace McMahon, Gladys George, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant, Gerald Mohr, Frank Faylen, Craig Hill, Michael Strong, Luis Van Rooten, Bert Freed, Jack Shea, Kay Wiley, William Wyler, Philip Yordan
• Director: William Wyler
• Runtime: 1:43
• Media Format: Movie