Detective Story

Detective Story
1951CrimeDrama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • William Wyler

    Director

  • Sidney Kingsley

    Theatre Play

  • Robert Wyler

    Screenplay

  • Philip Yordan

    Screenplay

  • Lee Garmes

    Director of Photography

  • Robert Swink

    Editor

  • 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)

    • 5.0

    Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1951-11-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Pictures

    Sound

  • Victor Young

    Music

  • Miklós Rózsa

    Music

    • Updated

    86 days ago

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