Detective Story

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Sidney Kingsley, Philip Yordan, Robert 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.

Cast

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