- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1952-05-19
- Director: William Wyler (1902–1981)
- Writers: Philip Yordan , Robert Wyler , Sidney Kingsley
- Language: English
- Stars: Kirk Douglas , Eleanor Parker , William Bendix , Cathy O’Donnell , George Macready , Horace McMahon , Gladys George , Joseph Wiseman , Lee Grant (I) , Gerald Mohr
- Runtime: 103 min
- Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 5 wins & 11 nominations total
- AKA: William Wyler's Production of Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story (United States of America) , Detective Story (Australia) , Sekrety detektywa (Poland) , Histoire de détective (France, French Republic) , Детективна історія (Ukraine) , Detektívtörténet (Hungary) , La història d'un detectiu (Spain) , Karakolda (Turkey) , Astynomiki istoria (Greece) , Poveste poliţistă (Romania) , 探偵物語(1951) (Japan) , La antesala del infierno (Argentina) , Detective Story (United States of America) , La antesala del infierno (Mexico) , Polisstation 21 (Finland) , Polizeirevier 21 , Lain vartija (Finland) , Detective Story (Korea) , Detective Story (Canada) , William Wyler's Production of Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story (United Kingdom) , Historia de un detective (Chile) , Detective Story , Polisstation (Finland) , Histoire de détective (Canada) , Detective Story (France, French Republic) , Politistation 21 (Denmark) , Histoire de détective (Belgium) , Chaga de Fogo (Brazil) , Lainvartija (Finland) , 侦探的故事 (China) , Brigada 21 (Spain) , Politidistrikt 21 (Norway) , História de um Detective (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Detective Story (United Kingdom) , Polizeirevier 21 (Germany) , Detektivska prica (Serbia) , Детективная история , Детективска история (Bulgaria) , Detective Story (Canada) , Pietà per i giusti (Italy) , Polisstation 21 (Sweden) , Detective story - Histoire de détective (France, French Republic) , La antesala del infierno (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , The Detective Story (Australia) , Polizeirevier 21 (Austria) , Opowieści o detektywie (Poland)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0043465
Detective Story Cast · · · ALL
William Wyler
(1902–1981)
Director
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O’Donnell
Susan Carmichael
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Lee Grant
(I)
Shoplifter
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Michael Strong
(I)
(1918–1980)
Lewis Abbott
Luis Van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes
(1904–1987)
Det. O'Brien
William ‘Bill’ Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Russell Evans
Patrolman Barnes
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)