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