Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle

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Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."

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instanceOf fictionalCharacter
filmCharacter
appearsIn Crime of Passion NERFINISHED
appearsInMedium feature film
centralThemeRelation career versus marriage conflict
marital tension
characterName Bill Doyle NERFINISHED
characterTrait straight-arrow
tough
countryOfFilmProduction United States NERFINISHED
emotionalConflictWith Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED
filmDirector Gerd Oswald NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
filmGenre film noir
filmLanguage English
filmReleaseYear 1956
filmStudio United Artists NERFINISHED
filmWriter Jo Eisinger NERFINISHED
genreContext domestic melodrama within film noir
lawEnforcementRole homicide detective
moralAlignment law-abiding
moralConflictWith Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED
narrativeRole emotional battleground participant
moral battleground participant
occupation police detective
portrayedBy Sterling Hayden NERFINISHED
settingContext American law enforcement
spouseInFilm Barbara Stanwyck’s character
Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED
spousePortrayedBy Barbara Stanwyck NERFINISHED

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Crime of Passion leadActorCharacter Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle