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