Synopsis
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)
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