
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.
Cast

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
Shoplifter

Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti

Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher

Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred

Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott

Luis van Rooten
Joe Feinson

Bert Freed
Det. Dakis

Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims

Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien

William Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Russell Evans
Patrolman Barnes
Charles Campbell
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)

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)

Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman (uncredited)
James Maloney
Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited)

Lee Miller
Policeman (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Policeman Finney (uncredited)

Burt Mustin
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Man in Custody (uncredited)
Robert S. Scott
Mulvey (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Kay Wiley
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Crew

William Wyler
Director, Producer

Philip Yordan
Screenplay

Robert Wyler
Screenplay, Associate Producer
Robert Swink
Editor
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Lester Koenig
Associate Producer

Edith Head
Costume Design
LaVaughn Speer
Hairstylist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
William Woods
Makeup Artist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Leon Becker
Sound Supervisor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects

Victor Young
Music

Miklós Rózsa
Music
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator

John F. Seitz
Additional Photography
Don Robb
Unit Manager
Sidney Kingsley
Theatre Play
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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