Detective Story

1951

English

7.5

♡ 8

71%

William Wyler Director

Joseph Wiseman as Charley Gennini

Horace McMahon as Lt. Monaghan

Eleanor Parker as Mary McLeod

Lee Grant as Shoplifter

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.