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