Detective Story (1951)
"The love story of a man whose wife was more woman than angel!"
ThumbScore
👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 74%
(RT: 71%, MC: 78) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
William Bendix as Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O'Donnell as Susan Carmichael
George Macready as Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon as Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George as Miss Hatch
Is Detective Story good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 172 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 74%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
