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Detective Story

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1951
1h 43m
English
Crime, Drama
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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

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Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Cathy ODonnell
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)
Directed By: William Wyler
Written By: Robert Wyler (Screenplay), Philip Yordan (Screenplay)

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juliosoft says...
3 months ago
We were disappointed, with that director and those actors we expected more.
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John Chard
5 years ago
It's intense at the 21st Precinct.

An assortment of detectives and an assortment of criminals, all gathered together under the oppressive 21st Precint roof. It's a day that nobody present will ever forget - for better or worse...

Directed by William Wyler (Best years Of Our Lives, Ben-Hur & W More
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