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By Brody M (674) on 02 Mar 2010

Started off kinda boring but ended up being a very good movie…

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By Luiserghio M (237) on 29 Oct 2009

A very good chamber movie, with the setting being limited to a small locale (a police station) this case, the movie evolves around the dense…

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By Martin T (888) on 27 Sep 2009

Something of a precursor to Barney Miller and Hill Street Blues…

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By Paul C (2,626) on 16 Sep 2009

Great early film role for Kirk Douglas who gives one of his best ever performances…

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By Wil R (126) on 20 May 2009

It doesn't start to get good until the end…

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By Hallis B (4) on 02 Mar 2009

A play which tells the story of a day in the lives of the several people who populate a police precinct translates more or less transparently…

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By Charles Q (46) on 23 Jul 2008

Good solid film, somewhat dated. Eleanor Parker gives a lovely, delicate performance…

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By Robert H (1,967) on 16 Jul 2008

Sort of an early predecessor of Barney Miller, only with someone dying. Based on a hit play. Kirk Douglas is King of The Righteous Bastards…

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By Ajayesh S (51) on 24 Feb 2008

Kirk Douglas is superb as a detective on a path of self-destruction. Joseph Wiseman is good. Eleanor Parker is beautiful…

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By Russell G (1,053) on 31 Jan 2008

Tight drama with Kirk Douglas as a detective wound way to tight and having a very bad day…

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By Michael W (3,003) on 01 Jan 2008

Kirk Douglas delivers one of his finest performances. One of my favourite movies…

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By Donna H (174) on 28 Dec 2007

Pretty good, especially for the fact that it all takes place within a single building…

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By Jeremiah L (151) on 18 Dec 2007

Good movie. Douglas is the usual awesome…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 07 Dec 2007

Kirk Douglas chews the scenery and spits out the hard-boiled dialogue. Based on a stage play and unfrotunately it shows…

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By Leah A (41) on 16 Nov 2007

This is a wonderful, heartbreaking gem of a movie with great performances by all, especially Kirk Douglas…

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By Nathaniel J (28) on 30 Oct 2007

Too much boring dialogue and excessive melodrama make this film fall flat, despite the real-life issues and morality involved…

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By Roy P (119) 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 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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