Detective Story

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

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.

Kirk Douglas

(Det. James McLeod)

Eleanor Parker

William Bendix

(Det. Lou Brody)

Cathy O'Donnell

(Susan Carmichael)

George Macready

(Karl Schneider)

Horace McMahon

Gladys George

Joseph Wiseman

(Charley Gennini)

Lee Grant

Gerald Mohr

(Tami Giacoppetti)

Frank Faylen

(Det. Gallagher)

Craig Hill

(Arthur Kindred)

Michael Strong

Luis van Rooten

Bert Freed

Warner Anderson

(Endicott Sims)

Grandon Rhodes

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))