Detective Story
Released
October 19, 1951
Runtime: 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.
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Cast & Crew
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
William Wyler
Director
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Robert Wyler
Screenplay
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