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Detective Story

(1951)
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Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Detective Story was praised for its realistic view of an event-filled day in a single police precinct station. The film, directed by meticulous taskmaster William Wyler, manages to retain this realism, even allowing ... Read More
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Detective James McLeod
Mary McLeod
Det. Lou Brody
Shoplifter
Karl Schneider
Det. Dakis
Susan Carmichael
Charley Gennini, Burglar
Det. Gallagher
Det. O'Brien

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