Detective Story
Crime
Drama
The love story of a man whose wife was more woman than angel!
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.
1951-10-19
en
Cast
Director
William Wyler
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
Frank Faylen as Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill as Arthur Kindred
Michael Strong as Lewis Abbott
Luis van Rooten as Joe Feinson
Bert Freed as Det. Dakis
Warner Anderson as Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes as Det. O'Brien
William Phillips as Det. Pat Callahan
Edmund Cobb as Ed (uncredited)
Ann Codee as French Woman (uncredited)
Catherine Doucet as Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harper Goff as Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
Donald Kerr as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
George Magrill as Policeman (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney as Det. Coleman (uncredited)
Lee Miller as Policeman (uncredited)
Burt Mustin as Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Jack Perry as Man in Custody (uncredited)