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Detective Story

Release Date:November 1, 1951

Running Time:103 min

Genres:Drama, Crime

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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

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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