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Detective Story
1951, Oct 19
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
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman (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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