Directed by:
William WylerCast:
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gladys George, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant, Gerald Mohr, Michael Strong (more)VOD (1)
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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... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kirk Douglas
USA
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Eleanor Parker
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William Bendix
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Cathy O'Donnell
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George Macready
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Gladys George
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Joseph Wiseman
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Lee Grant
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Gerald Mohr
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Michael Strong
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Craig Hill
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Frank Faylen
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Warner Anderson
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Bert Freed
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Pat Flaherty
USA
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Donald Kerr
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Burt Mustin
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George Magrill
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Horace McMahon
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Grandon Rhodes
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