One of the things that struck me about 'Detective Story' was how amazingly powerful Kirk Douglas was in his role. Apart from 'Spartacus' I don't think I have ever seen him act so well in anything. He put his heart and soul into his character, playing a stressed and cold-hearted detective who finds out some very unpleasant truths about his supposedly innocent and good wife by accident when doing a routine arrest on a dodgy man at the station. This film is also very moral based, and I think it tries hard to teach you that you mustn't always judge everyone the same way that you judge someone who has let you down or mistreated you. This seems to be what Douglas' role points to. Not really a film noir although it is listed as one.
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