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