Detective Story
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Detective Story is a 1951 American crime drama film, based on Sidney Kingsley’s play, that follows a rigid New York City detective whose moral absolutism is tested over the course of a single day in a busy precinct.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Detective Story canonical | 7 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Broadway play ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actress
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Academy Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Detective Story (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Sidney Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Eleanor Parker
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Frank Faylen NERFINISHED ⓘ George Macready NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerald Mohr NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys George NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bendix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | William Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Swink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| filmSubject |
moral absolutism
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police ethics ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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police procedural film ⓘ |
| leadActor | Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jim McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | police precinct ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playPremiereLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playwright | Sidney Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s films ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Philip Yordan
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Robert Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | single day ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.