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Detective Story

The love story of a man whose wife was more woman than angel!

7.119511h 43mReleased168 votes

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.

Director:
William Wyler
Country:
United States
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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

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