Detective Story (1951)

Detective Story (1951) - Crime Movies 103 minutes. Polizeirevier 21, Brigada 21. Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter. marriage crisis, suppressed past, detective, detective story, film noir, police station, tough cop, wanting a baby, hidden truth, empathy, dark secret, baby selling, intimidation by police, search for truth, woman with past, secretive wife, police lineup, police misconduct, secret pregnancy, police precinct, learning the truth, unforgiving husband, within one day, unethical doctor, illegal adoption, revealing the truth, embittered cop, wife's dark secret, assortment of characters