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Detective Story
RELEASED • 1952 • CRIME • DRAMA
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Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
103m
Popularity
Trending Up
Overview
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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Cast
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Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fOzLJeXoHryUyPFmJWIkdLvfX3G.jpg)
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
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William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hBNexdnsOlpup6iwgTsYg3Zus93.jpg)
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gGtegV82TMbcd5psHx6w7by5FgO.jpg)
George Macready
Karl Schneider
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Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
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Gladys George
Miss Hatch
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7QS6Z4rZ8kVimx10eeZ3r882Ahk.jpg)
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
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Lee Grant
Shoplifter
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jJx5f6K7OkDD2LcHZTPtYYd4T97.jpg)
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
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