Detective Story

1951 film by William Wyler

Movie Film Q605867

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films^[1]
Director: William Wyler^[2]
Genre: crime film, drama film, film noir^[6]^[7]^[8]
Publication date: 1951^[34]
Screenwriter: Robert Wyler, Philip Yordan^[3]^[4]
Producer: William Wyler^[23]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]
Duration: +105^[46]
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Cast member: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gladys George, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant, Frank Faylen, Craig Hill, Gerald Mohr, Catherine Doucet, Pat Flaherty, Warner Anderson, Horace McMahon, Grandon Rhodes, Ann Codee^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Color: black-and-white, color^[31]^[32]
Composer: Victor Young^[5]
Costume designer: Edith Head^[47]
Country of origin: United States^[33]
Director of photography: Lee Garmes^[25]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Bullee Trading^[35]^[36]^[37]
Distribution format: video on demand^[27]
FSK film rating: FSK 16^[45]
Film editor: Robert Swink^[39]
Kijkwijzer rating: Kijkwijzer 6^[49]
Narrative location: New York City^[38]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[26]
Production company: Paramount Pictures^[24]

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Production designer: Emile Kuri^[48]
Review score: 7/10, 78/100, 71%^[28]^[29]^[30]
Title: Detective Story^[44]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 73

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 50078
Academy Awards Database film ID: 463
Academy Collection film ID: W067246
AllMovie title ID: v13441
Allcinema film ID: 14352
AlloCiné film ID: 4426
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B008D6YGLW
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.dy3t4l9koghu7326d6663vqg
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 713740
CineMagia title ID: 9091
Cinema Context ID: F016063
Cinema.de ID: 1321594

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Cinematografo.it film ID: 6619
Cinematografo.it film ID (new): pieta-per-i-giusti-lp5memt7
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 45219
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 3237
DNF film ID: 18021
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 5382
Douban film ID: 1293255
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 20451, 57759
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/EBAB-53D6-5ACA-446D-D4AC-5
Eiga.com movie ID: 46656
ElCinema film ID: 2036701
ElFilm film ID: 43388
Elonet movie ID: 188626
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Detective-Story-film-by-Wyler
Exploitation mark number: 12565
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/polizeirevier-21
FilmAffinity film ID: 174379
FilmPolski ID: 45086
FilmVandaag ID: film/20125
Filmfront film ID (archived): 18123
Filmová databáze film ID: 57859
Filmweb.pl film ID: 106525
Freebase ID: /m/019l5l
Garance item ID: 8946830
Google Play Movies & TV ID: SiZILzsRuBg
IMCDB work ID: 43465
IMDb ID: tt0043465
ISAN: 0000-0000-1006-0000-A-0000-0000-7
ITunes movie ID: 357275882
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/pietaperigiusti
Internet Archive ID: 1951-detective-story-brigada-21-william-wyler-vose
KINENOTE film ID: 5555
Kanopy ID: 3333639
Kinobox film ID: 239106
Kinopoisk film ID: 10625
LUMIERE film ID: 14255
LdiF ID: 45813
Letterboxd film ID: detective-story
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 18417
Metacritic ID: movie/detective-story
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv5545
MovieLens movie ID: 39369
MovieMeter film ID: 12609
Moviepilot.de film ID: polizeirevier-21
Netflix ID: 60010289
NientePopCorn movie ID: detective-story
OFDb film ID: 24259
OMDb film ID: 99848
PORT film ID: 109997
Plex media key: 5d776d147a53e9001e75042d
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/detective_story_1951
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 44097
Swedish Film Database ID: 34551
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 72926
TMDB movie ID: 20853
TV.com ID (archived): movies/detective-story
TheTVDB movie ID: 18388
Trakt.tv ID: movies/detective-story-1951
Trakt.tv film ID: 12794
Yle Areena item ID: 1-4478402
ČSFD film ID: 9890

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Cast member 17

Kirk Douglas, Lee Grant, Eleanor Parker, Gladys George, Joseph Wiseman, Cathy O'Donnell, William Bendix, Frank Faylen +9 more

Nominated for 4

Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Genre 3

drama film, film noir, crime film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Paramount Pictures

Screenwriter 2

Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler

Award received 1

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Victor Young

Costume designer 1

Edith Head

Country of origin 1

United States

Created notable works 1

William Wyler

Director 1

William Wyler

Director of photography 1

Lee Garmes

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

New York City

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

William Wyler

Production company 1

Paramount Pictures

Production designer 1

Emile Kuri

← FactGrid item ID 1

Siarcza Łąka

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FAQs

What awards did Detective Story receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Detective Story — director (P57): William Wyler. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Detective Story — screenwriter (P58): Robert Wyler. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Detective Story — screenwriter (P58): Philip Yordan. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Detective Story — composer (P86): Victor Young. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Detective Story — genre (P136): crime film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Detective Story — genre (P136): drama film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Detective Story — genre (P136): film noir. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Kirk Douglas. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Eleanor Parker. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): William Bendix. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Cathy O'Donnell. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): George Macready. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Gladys George. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Joseph Wiseman. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Lee Grant. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Frank Faylen. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Craig Hill. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Gerald Mohr. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Catherine Doucet. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Pat Flaherty. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Detective Story — cast member (P161): Warner Anderson. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Detective Story — producer (P162): William Wyler. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Detective Story — award received (P166): National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Detective Story — production company (P272): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Detective Story — director of photography (P344): Lee Garmes. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Detective Story — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Detective Story — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Detective Story — review score (P444): 7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Detective Story — review score (P444): 78/100. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Detective Story — review score (P444): 71%. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Detective Story — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Detective Story — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Detective Story — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Detective Story — publication date (P577): 1951. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Detective Story — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Detective Story — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Detective Story — distributed by (P750): Bullee Trading. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Detective Story — narrative location (P840): New York City. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Detective Story — film editor (P1040): Robert Swink. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Detective Story — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Detective Story — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Actress. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Detective Story — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Director. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Detective Story — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Detective Story — title (P1476): Detective Story. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Detective Story — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 16. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Detective Story — duration (P2047): 105 minutes. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Detective Story — costume designer (P2515): Edith Head. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Detective Story — production designer (P2554): Emile Kuri. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Detective Story — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 6. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2024-11-08. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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11d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 8946830

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63037: Garance ID - Films, 195X"
29d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Academy Collection film ID → W067246

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10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Eiga.com movie ID → 46656

"Created claim: Eiga.com movie ID: 46656, Matched to 探偵物語（1951） (#258724742) in Eiga.com movie #mix'n"
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IMCDB work ID → 43465

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Filmová databáze film ID → 57859

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Production designer → Emile Kuri

Publication date → 1951

Screenwriter → Robert Wyler, Philip Yordan

Duration → 105 minute

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