

Detective Story
Directed by William WylerApproved
1951 1h 43m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Crime](/on-demand/category/crime)7.571%71%7.1
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.














