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1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1951
Detective Story
Directed by
William Wyler
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.
The 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.
Cast
Kirk DouglasDet. James McLeod
Eleanor ParkerMary McLeod
William BendixDet. Lou Brody
Cathy O'DonnellSusan Carmichael
George MacreadyKarl Schneider
Horace McMahonLt. Monaghan
Gladys GeorgeMiss Hatch
Joseph WisemanCharley Gennini
Lee GrantShoplifter
Gerald MohrTami Giacoppetti
Frank FaylenDet. Gallagher
Craig HillArthur Kindred
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Michael StrongLewis Abbott
Luis van RootenJoe Feinson
Bert FreedDet. Dakis
Warner AndersonEndicott Sims
Grandon RhodesDet. O'Brien
William PhillipsDet. Pat Callahan
Russell EvansPatrolman Barnes
Charles CampbellNewspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Edmund CobbEd (uncredited)
Ann CodeeFrench Woman (uncredited)
Catherine DoucetMrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Pat FlahertyDesk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harper GoffDave Gallantz (uncredited)
Howard JoslinPatrolman Gus Keogh (uncredited)
Donald KerrTaxi Driver (uncredited)
George MagrillPoliceman (uncredited)
Mike MahoneyDet. Coleman (uncredited)
James MaloneyAlbert R. Pritchett (uncredited)
Lee MillerPoliceman (uncredited)
Ralph MontgomeryPoliceman Finney (uncredited)
Burt MustinWillie the Janitor (uncredited)
Jack PerryMan in Custody (uncredited)
Robert S. ScottMulvey (uncredited)
Jack SheaDesk Sergeant (uncredited)
Kay WileyHysterical Woman (uncredited)
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