Detective Story Comments

  • Chauncey 2023-04-08 18:38:47

    It is inevitable that you will go your own way, even if the time and space you are in is indeed such a cramped and noisy police station, even if the obsession you believe in is only a paranoid willfulness, but there is no lack of pure justice. The setting of almost limited scenes and seemingly group portraits, like a blindfold, before the ending paragraph, obscures the core expression of the film - the heavy shadow that traumatic memory brings to fate through character, but compared with the...

  • Lia 2023-03-16 23:36:16

    yzm Kirk Douglas Eleanor...

  • Reva 2023-03-10 09:36:46

    It was originally a stage play. More than 90% of the scenes are carried out in one police station. The four cases are intertwined, and the scheduling of multi-character scenes looks very enjoyable. The overlapping of several events also highlights the character of the protagonist. The tragedy of the protagonist is doomed. This absolute theory of black and white is obviously not suitable for many things. Lee Grant is really...

  • Andre 2023-03-07 10:21:57

    Michael Douglas really is his son ah when he was young it was like a hair! ! Everyone's acting was a bit gnashing of teeth and didn't take it too seriously, and the ending was also very speechless....

  • 2023-03-06 01:09:29

    It's so depressing to have someone else die in the...

  • Ronny 2023-02-20 08:10:06

    Inspector McLeod, who handles the case of stealing young people, is unselfish and indifferent. Facing the case of a cunning and unscrupulous doctor that has dragged on for a year, this Inspector's pursuit of absolute fairness in black and white has been severely punished. The blows, especially in the face of the deeply loved Mary, are divided, and the result of pursuing complete purity is difficult to complete. How can one person be flawless? Including the detective himself. In addition,...

  • Brenda 2023-02-07 08:42:27

    All kinds of lunatics and all kinds of personalities can't bear it. Sure enough, he is a drama...

  • Lola 2023-02-02 07:18:27

    7.8/10 The story that happened in the small police station in one day pushed the story to a black climax in the conflict of not black - it's a pity that the ending was not handled...

  • Abbey 2023-01-11 07:48:18

    The role of Kirk has been similar in previous black films. The setting is very similar to Dana Andrews' police role in "Where the Sidewalk Ends", but the performance of the two is completely different. Wyler's scheduling is accurate and beautiful, but after watching it too much, I feel a little ingenious. Fortunately, the ending did not disappoint me this...

  • Jennyfer 2022-12-25 18:52:25

    One main line and multiple sub-line police station all beings (the "Police Diary" 4 years later is also of this type). Indoor play in a confined space with dense lines, is the stage play changed? Classified as Noir but not very black. Maybe Wheeler is good at this kind of group play? Tai Hui (will) Le. Also love the cinematography of this one: the flow of the opening camera in the police station space is wonderful. The Italian-born burglar and the girl who steals the bag are bright and overdone...

Extended Reading

Detective Story quotes

  • Detective James McLeod: At an autopsy the other day I watched the medical examiner saw off the top of a man's skull, take out the brain and hold it in his hand.

    [holds out his hand]

    Detective James McLeod: Like that.

    Mary McLeod: Why are you telling me this?

    Detective James McLeod: Because I'd give my soul to take out my brain, hold it under the faucet and wash away the dirty pictures you put there tonight.

    Mary McLeod: Dirty pictures?

    Detective James McLeod: Yes!

    Mary McLeod: Oh, I see. I see. Yes, that would be fine... if we could. But when you wash away what I may have put there, you'll find you've a rotten spot in your brain, Jim. And it's growing. I know, I've watched it.

  • Detective James McLeod: You shouldn't drink so much. It melts the lining of your brain.