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