Detective Story (1951)
• October 24th, 1951 • 1h 43min
Crime, Drama
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Human Jungle
Released on: 1954-10-03
Crime, Thriller
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with ju...
The Glass Web
Released on: 1953-11-11
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As...
I, the Jury
Released on: 1953-08-14
Mystery, Crime
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to...
The Long Wait
Released on: 1954-05-26
Crime, Drama
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from comp...
The V.I.P.s
Released on: 1963-09-01
Drama
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal tri...
Bad Boys for Life
Released on: 2020-01-15
Thriller, Action, Crime
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join ...
The Eyeless Beggar
Released on: 2015-06-07
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives are interested in a mysterious blind beggar nearby the coffee shop when they are tryi...
Among the Living
Released on: 1941-12-12
Thriller, Crime
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for hi...
The Woman on the Beach
Released on: 1947-06-07
Drama
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seduct...
711 Ocean Drive
Released on: 1950-07-01
Crime
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a bet...
Falling Down
Released on: 1993-02-26
Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and vio...
The Solution
Released on:
Thriller, Drama
A math professor, rejected over and over again for publication, finds herself supplanted by her geni...
Scene of the Crime
Released on: 1949-07-28
Crime, Mystery, Drama
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activ...
The Thief
Released on: 1952-10-15
Crime, Thriller
A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to ...
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Released on: 1946-09-03
Crime
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuo...
A Study in Scarlet
Released on: 1933-05-14
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceas...
Chain of Evidence
Released on: 1957-01-06
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of fi...
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Released on: 1950-12-26
Crime, Thriller
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his in...
Chinatown at Midnight
Released on: 1949-11-17
Crime, Mystery
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the ...
The Harder You Fall
Released on: 2024-04-30
Drama, Mystery
In postwar Newquay, a Cornishman returns home to live with his childhood best friend. Upon arrival, ...