Detective Story
- Released on
Crime, Drama
•- Runtime
- 103 mins
(139 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- 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 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
Director
- William Wyler
Producers
- William Wyler
Screenwriter
- Philip Yordan
- Robert Wyler