
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.
Detective Story
October 24, 1951
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Cast (37)

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

Russell Evans
Patrolman Barnes

Charles Campbell
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb
Ed (uncredited)

Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)

Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz (uncredited)

Howard Joslin
Patrolman Gus Keogh (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman (uncredited)

James Maloney
Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited)

Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery
Policeman Finney (uncredited)

Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)

Robert S. Scott
Mulvey (uncredited)

Jack Shea
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Kay Wiley
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Crew (28)
Directing

William Wyler
Director

Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Writing
Production

William Wyler
Producer

Robert Wyler
Associate Producer

Lester Koenig
Associate Producer

Don Robb
Unit Manager
Sound

Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist

Miklós Rózsa
Music

Victor Young
Music

John Cope
Sound Recordist

Leon Becker
Sound Supervisor
Art

Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Emile Kuri
Set Decoration

A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction

Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Camera

Lee Garmes
Director of Photography

John F. Seitz
Additional Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist

Joan Joseff
Other

Edith Head
Costume Design

LaVaughn Speer
Hairstylist

William Woods
Makeup Artist
Crew
No data availableEditing

Robert Swink
Editor
Lighting
No data availableVisual Effects

Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects