Detective Story

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.

• marriage crisis
• suppressed past
• detective
• detective story
• film noir
• police detective
• police station
• tough cop
• wanting a baby
• hidden truth
• empathy
• dark secret
• baby selling
• intimidation by police
• search for truth
• police procedural
• police misconduct