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