Movielogr
Detective Story (1951)
Directed by William Wyler
Overview
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.
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Kirk Douglas | Eleanor Parker | William Bendix | Cathy O'Donnell | George Macready | Horace McMahon | Gladys George | Joseph Wiseman | Lee Grant | Gerald Mohr | Frank Faylen | Craig Hill | Michael Strong | Luis van Rooten | Bert Freed | Warner Anderson | Grandon Rhodes | William 'Bill' Phillips | Russell Evans | Charles Campbell | Edmund Cobb | Ann Codee | Catherine Doucet | Pat Flaherty | Harper Goff | Howard Joslin | Donald Kerr | George Magrill | Mike Mahoney | James Maloney | Lee Miller | Ralph Montgomery | Burt Mustin | Jack Perry | Robert S. Scott | Jack Shea | Kay Wiley