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