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