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Detective Story
1951, Oct 24
1h 43m
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.
Directed by
William Wyler
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman (uncredited)
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Russell Evans
Patrolman Barnes
Charles Campbell
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
James Maloney
Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Policeman Finney (uncredited)
Robert S. Scott
Mulvey (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Kay Wiley
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
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