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.

• DirectorWilliam Wyler
• Release24 October 1951
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 43m
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• Rate
  

  7.0
  144 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures