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Detective Story(1951)

The love story of a man whose wife was more woman than angel!

  • October 19, 1951
  • 1 h 43 min
  • Crime, Drama
7.0TMDB · 169 votes
7.5IMDb
71%Rotten Tomatoes
78/100Metacritic

Directed by: William Wyler

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

  • Kirk Douglas

    Kirk Douglas

    Det. James McLeod

  • Eleanor Parker

    Eleanor Parker

    Mary McLeod

  • William Bendix

    William Bendix

    Det. Lou Brody

  • Cathy O'Donnell

    Cathy O'Donnell

    Susan Carmichael

  • George Macready

    George Macready

    Karl Schneider

  • Horace McMahon

    Horace McMahon

    Lt. Monaghan

  • Gladys George

    Gladys George

    Miss Hatch

  • Joseph Wiseman

    Joseph Wiseman

    Charley Gennini

  • Lee Grant

    Lee Grant

    Shoplifter

  • Gerald Mohr

    Gerald Mohr

    Tami Giacoppetti

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