# Detective Story (1951)

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**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: William Wyler
**Written by**: Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler
**Starring**: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Horace McMahon

> *The love story of a man whose wife was more woman than angel!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You work in a police detective squad filled with grim characters. But then a naive shoplifter walks in. The director sets a tense tone.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, slow-burn

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