Detective 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.
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Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yvunzQgnILw6uNBFMyld5nhkBCX.jpg)
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fOzLJeXoHryUyPFmJWIkdLvfX3G.jpg)
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ayUpuZeOU9XickmaoN01iHVloUP.jpg)
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hBNexdnsOlpup6iwgTsYg3Zus93.jpg)
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gGtegV82TMbcd5psHx6w7by5FgO.jpg)
George Macready
Karl Schneider![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/moIW21jHP8DYollXSZ3LCRTaJD0.jpg)
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yniYGj7MqG13UZNLDQWh28RR6tK.jpg)
Gladys George
Miss Hatch![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7QS6Z4rZ8kVimx10eeZ3r882Ahk.jpg)
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2WesW19wpxYve32Zp3oq1pwzoen.jpg)
Lee Grant
Shoplifter![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jJx5f6K7OkDD2LcHZTPtYYd4T97.jpg)
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zmPkR8mUFDNGYNl3iTLh9uehNTn.jpg)
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9hiSJm6qSE0KgtuVcZcuWuSTj4X.jpg)
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/a4KsknSh0kFoCWmdbnLlaMiQi0E.jpg)
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s99W900HgYsSYlnDMxaP4tKa7lZ.jpg)
Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2TLuIMSx3NaCgfhoQBsicbdEIBE.jpg)
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sCTUBCsOnAyrc6RDc9jPHtbKIgE.jpg)
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8DDCc8AMSni8PxxKnf99LfmjFBe.jpg)
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dTpuRU2Vg2rTiskGP3CqaoANqUX.jpg)
William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/icnYHc5GwjZzl9wF2nLP8rPvL8a.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dQQoboIvleerFlWImf3mZ8MFu5c.jpg)
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bLJxCTfPi4qgjPpKNMSwAqCBZ4G.jpg)
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qqEUkwI8daY5pTxMn5ZrPyFtlXt.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sT8pXE4wuph0g27OxTDht9YiU7q.jpg)
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g59FziDjwnUQFiYLJR4MFSP2OMY.jpg)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/t3vYcOrJ6EAzjjMdiXfNWXUn1wt.jpg)
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8r7IOeqrEDdWA3rwduM5Ct59A5F.jpg)
Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yc2afsSK2jvmZqF1YBSBdPvN5cr.jpg)
Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jvcZmUyOpNXHFlscvl0RmK5pf00.jpg)
Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)Images
Videos
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Detective Story - Trailer
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