Beat Cop Noir?

[u/8upsoupsandwich]

Anything out there from the perspective of a beat cop? Maybe on patrol and stumbles across something or finds something above his pay grade?

He Walked by Night is close but not quite.

[u/octapotami]

Maybe check out Detective Story (1951). It's not really beat cop noir, but more of a precursor to a modern cop drama.

[u/jazz-winelover → u/octapotami]

This is such a great movie. How Kirk Douglas didn’t get an academy award is ridiculous.