An embittered cop leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife while wife Parker suffers from neglect. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from "Hill Street Blues" to "NYPD Blue."
William Wyler directed this classic adaptation of Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play.
The film follows a day in the lives of detectives at a Manhattan police precinct. Among the cops is hard-boiled James McLeod -- a lawman who sees everything in terms of black and white. His inability to empathize with others could wreck the life of a young man arrested for a minor offense as well as his own marriage...
Released theatrically in New York City November 1951.
Additional cast: Russell Evans (Patrolman Barnes), Howard Joslyn (Patrolman Keogh), and James Maloney (Pritchett).
Lee Grant, Joseph Wiseman, Horace McMahon and Michael Strong all repeated the roles they played in the Broadway play.
Film debut for actress Lee Grant.
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital, Mono - English
Distributor Notes: An embittered cop leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife while wife Parker suffers from neglect. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from "Hill Street Blues" to "NYPD Blue." Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best Actress--Eleanor Parker, Best Screenplay.
Art Director
Earl Hedrick: Art Director
Art Director
Hal Pereira: Production Designer
Cinematographer
Lee Garmes: American Director Of Photography/Photographer
Costume Designer
Edith Head: Oscar winning costume designer, THE STING
Makeup
Wally Westmore: Makeup Artist
Writer
Robert Wyler: Producer - 1940s-1950s
Source Writer
Sidney Kingsley:
Review 1:
"Douglas plays McLeod with a wound-up earnestness..." -- Grade: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.69 10/28/2005
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