Monday, November 30, 2015

Detective Story (1951)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

Price: $3.50 non-members, $3 members
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Director: William Wyler
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Horace McMahon, Lee Grant, Frank Faylen

A powerful drama set in a NYC police precinct from the same team that brought us "Dead End" (director William Wyler and playwright Sidney Kingsley). Many familiar character actors enter and exit the squad room in this groundbreaking film (from Kingsley's stage play) that set the scene for future police TV dramas like "Hill Street Blues," "NYPD Blue," and "Law and Order".