Detective Story

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.

Main Cast

Kirk Douglas

Det. James McLeod

Age : 103 | Popularity : 25%

Eleanor Parker

Mary McLeod

Age : 91 | Popularity : 9%

William Bendix

Det. Lou Brody

Age : 58 | Popularity : 5%

Cathy O'Donnell

Susan Carmichael

Age : 46 | Popularity : 9%

George Macready

Karl Schneider

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Horace McMahon

Lt. Monaghan

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Gladys George

Miss Hatch

Age : 54 | Popularity : 7%

Joseph Wiseman

Charley Gennini

Age : 91 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Makeup Supervisor	Wally Westmore
	Makeup Artist	Del Armstrong William Woods
	Hairstylist	LaVaughn Speer
	Other	Joan Joseff
Art	Art Direction	Hal Pereira A. Earl Hedrick
	Set Decoration	Emile Kuri
	Construction Coordinator	Gene Lauritzen
Sound	Music	Miklós Rózsa Victor Young
	Sound Recordist	John Cope Hugo Grenzbach
	Sound Supervisor	Leon Becker
Camera	Additional Photography	John F. Seitz
	Director of Photography	Lee Garmes
Directing	Director	William Wyler
	Assistant Director	Charles C. Coleman
Production	Producer	William Wyler
	Associate Producer	Robert Wyler Lester Koenig
	Unit Manager	Don Robb
Writing	Screenplay	Robert Wyler Philip Yordan
	Theatre Play	Sidney Kingsley
Editing	Editor	Robert Swink
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	Farciot Edouart
Department	Role	Name

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