Review of Detective Story (1951) by Alex W — 17 Mar 2014
The most impressive part of this film is the multiple overlapping story's big and small that end up being effected by the main one. Billy wilder is spinning plates and he keeps them all in the air on this one.
He also tactfully deals with some delicate subjects (especially for the time) without it feeling over the top of gimmicky. Very clearly based on a play making the downside almost the whole story taking place inside the police station short from one angle and the upside being its filled with well written and clever dialogue.
Kurt Douglass is great but a little over the top and times. Ambitiously tackling a whole range of intersecting moral dilemmas the whole time and not one plate touches the ground.
This review of Detective Story (1951) was written by Alex W on 17 Mar 2014.
Detective Story has generally received positive reviews.
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