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Detective Story

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Calorie Rating: 145
Released: 1951-11-01
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director


Cast

Kirk Douglas
Character: Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Character: Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Character: Det. Lou Brody

Cathy O'Donnell
Character: Susan Carmichael
George Macready
Character: Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon
Character: Lt. Monaghan

Gladys George
Character: Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman
Character: Charley Gennini
Lee Grant
Character: Shoplifter

Gerald Mohr
Character: Tami Giacoppetti
Frank Faylen
Character: Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill
Character: Arthur Kindred

Michael Strong
Character: Lewis Abbott
Luis van Rooten
Character: Joe Feinson
Bert Freed
Character: Det. Dakis

Warner Anderson
Character: Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes
Character: Det. O'Brien
William Phillips
Character: Det. Pat Callahan

Russell Evans
Character: Patrolman Barnes
Charles Campbell
Character: Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Character: Ed (uncredited)

Ann Codee
Character: French Woman (uncredited)
Catherine Doucet
Character: Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harper Goff
Character: Dave Gallantz (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Character: Patrolman Gus Keogh (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)

George Magrill
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Character: Det. Coleman (uncredited)
James Maloney
Character: Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited)

Lee Miller
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Character: Policeman Finney (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Character: Willie the Janitor (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Character: Man in Custody (uncredited)
Robert S. Scott
Character: Mulvey (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Kay Wiley
Character: Hysterical Woman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Sidney Kingsley
Theatre Play
John F. Seitz
Additional Photography
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist

LaVaughn Speer
Hairstylist
William Woods
Makeup Artist
Don Robb
Unit Manager

Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Leon Becker
Sound Supervisor

Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Robert Wyler
Screenplay
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography

Hal Pereira
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction

Edith Head
Costume Design
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
John Cope
Sound Recordist

Robert Wyler
Associate Producer
Lester Koenig
Associate Producer