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Detective Story
1951, Nov 01
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
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (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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