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