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