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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
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman (uncredited)
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Jack Perry
Man in Custody (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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