Detective Story

November. 01,1951      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Kirk Douglas as  Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker as  Mary McLeod
William Bendix as  Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O'Donnell as  Susan Carmichael
George Macready as  Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon as  Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George as  Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman as  Charley Gennini
Lee Grant as  Shoplifter
Gerald Mohr as  Tami Giacoppetti

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