Detective Story

7.0
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Run time: 103 min
  • Premiere: 1951. October 24.

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.

Discover

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)

Art

Gene Lauritzen

Construction Coordinator

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Additional Photography

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Del Armstrong

Makeup Artist

William Woods

Makeup Artist

LaVaughn Speer

Hairstylist

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

William Wyler

Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Don Robb

Unit Manager

William Wyler

Producer

Robert Wyler

Associate Producer

Lester Koenig

Associate Producer

Sound

Leon Becker

Sound Supervisor

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Writing

Sidney Kingsley

Theatre Play

Philip Yordan

Screenplay

Robert Wyler

Screenplay

Art

Gene Lauritzen

Construction Coordinator

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Additional Photography

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Del Armstrong

Makeup Artist

William Woods

Makeup Artist

LaVaughn Speer

Hairstylist

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

William Wyler

Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Don Robb

Unit Manager

William Wyler

Producer

Robert Wyler

Associate Producer

Lester Koenig

Associate Producer

Sound

Leon Becker

Sound Supervisor

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Writing

Sidney Kingsley

Theatre Play

Philip Yordan

Screenplay

Robert Wyler

Screenplay