Detective Story
October 24, 1951
103 minutes
7.0
CrimeDrama

Detective Story

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
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)
Russell Evans
(Patrolman Barnes)
Charles Campbell
(Newspaper Photographer (uncredited))
Edmund Cobb
(Ed (uncredited))
Ann Codee
(French Woman (uncredited))
Catherine Doucet
(Mrs. Farragut (uncredited))
Pat Flaherty
(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))
Harper Goff
(Dave Gallantz (uncredited))
Howard Joslin
(Patrolman Gus Keogh (uncredited))
Donald Kerr
(Taxi Driver (uncredited))
George Magrill
(Policeman (uncredited))
Mike Mahoney
(Det. Coleman (uncredited))
James Maloney
(Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited))
Lee Miller
(Policeman (uncredited))
Ralph Montgomery
(Policeman Finney (uncredited))
Burt Mustin
(Willie the Janitor (uncredited))
Jack Perry
(Man in Custody (uncredited))
Robert S. Scott
(Mulvey (uncredited))
Jack Shea
(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))
Kay Wiley
(Hysterical Woman (uncredited))