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By Roy S (309) on 14 Sep 2007

A really good 12 Angry Men-esque drama/crime film about a day in the office of a hard-boiled detective (Kirk Douglas) who deals with the number…

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By Private U (13,627) on 25 Aug 2007

Every time I watch it, it just gets so much better....such a great movie and one of my favorite kirk douglas movies...he's amazing...he should…

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By Nellie K. A (129) on 01 Aug 2007

Realize this is basically a filmed play going in. That being said, Douglas is awesome, and story has real suspense…

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By Mark D (2,239) on 12 Jun 2007

Unique type of police movie that focuses on the raged obsession of the main character. The subplots are too meandering though…

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By Susan King (28) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 May 2007

Detective Story is a hard-grained entertainment, not revealing but bruisingly real…

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By Mickey S (135) on 26 Dec 2006

A great movie that still holds up. Enjoy it every time I watch it. Kirk Douglas one of the best actors ever, and this being one of his best roles…

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By Sarah F (1,278) on 29 Jul 2006

Its one day in a police headquarters…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Jul 2006

Sidney Kingsley's Broadway hit, modeled a little too clearly on Greek tragedy, becomes a solid film d'art under William Wyler's supple, impersonal…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 05 Apr 2006

Wyler não consegue escapar da origem teatral do texto, mas imprime energia ao filme, que também é beneficiado por uma atuação estupenda…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Mar 1960

William Wyler has polished the legit hit by Pulitzer-prizewinner Sidney Kingsley into a cinematic gem…

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