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.
Detective Story is a Crime, Drama film released in 1951.
5 subtitle releases available in English. 4 releases include Hearing Impaired (HI) subtitles.
Movie Dialogue Sample
769 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:07,095 Well, let's get it
over with, huh? 770 00:31:07,097 --> 00:31:07,896 I got an engagement. 771 00:31:07,898 --> 00:31:09,932 All right, ms. Hatch,
you just come with me. 772 00:31:09,934 --> 00:31:12,568 You, too, charley.
I don't want you
to get lonesome. 773 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:14,703 Just stand in line
here. 774 00:31:14,705 --> 00:31:16,839 Get your hat on. 775 00:31:20,176 --> 00:31:21,043 [ms. Hatch laughing] 776 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:24,947 All right,
well, play it fair
in the car, huh? Ok. 777 00:31:24,949 --> 00:31:26,181 All right, ms. Hatch. 778 00:31:26,183 --> 00:31:28,150 Now, uh, you know
what to do. 779 00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:28,784 Yeah. 780 00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:30,853 I look 'em all over
and touch the shoulder
of the right man. 781 00:31:30,855 --> 00:31:36,658 (mcleod)
that's the idea. Now, you just
take your time, ms. Hatch. 782 00:31:38,661 --> 00:31:40,028 Oh. 783 00:31:41,631 --> 00:31:43,799 Go ahead, ms. Hatch. 784 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,268 Hats off, boys. 785 00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:48,971 Now, look at each one. 786 00:32:07,724 --> 00:32:10,058 I never saw one of them
before in my life. 787 00:32:10,060 --> 00:32:12,928 You identified a photo
of one of these men. 788 00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:14,563 Say, what are you
tryin' to do? 789 00:32:14,565 --> 00:32:15,697 Make me give
a wrong identification? 790 00:32:15,699 --> 00:32:16,865 Well, I ain't
gonna do it. 791 00:32:16,867 --> 00:32:19,535 The smell of this
changed your mind,
didn't it? 792 00:32:19,537 --> 00:32:20,202 You cops are all alike. 793 00:32:20,204 --> 00:32:22,104 Give you a badge
and you try to push
the world around. 794 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:23,906 Look, you identified
one of these men from a photo. 795 00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:26,575 Now, point him out
or I'll throw you
in the clink. 796 00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:29,912 You'll do what?
That's enough. 797 00:32:33,182 --> 00:32:36,218 All right, ms. Hatch,
you earned your fur-piece. 798 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:37,085 I hope you enjoy it. 799 00:32:37,087 --> 00:32:40,689 You can't talk to me
like that. I'm no tramp. 800 00:32:40,691 --> 00:32:42,991 You never saw
this face before? 801 00:32:42,993 --> 00:32:44,660 No! Never. 802 00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:45,561 All right, get lost. 803 00:32:45,563 --> 00:32:48,163 Take a couple of
drop-dead pills. 804 00:32:48,165 --> 00:32:48,897 Big cheese. 805 00:32:48,899 --> 00:32:50,933 I'll see my lawyer
about you. 806 00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:53,702 Get out of here. 807 00:32:59,275 --> 00:33:00,742 All right.
Thanks, fellows. 808 00:33:00,744 --> 00:33:01,743 (callahan)
hey, lou, 809 00:33:01,745 --> 00:33:03,845 I thought she was gonna
put the finger on you. 810 00:33:03,847 --> 00:33:04,680 This way, charley. 811 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:07,015 (gallagher)
what a performance.
Sarah heartburn. 812 00:33:07,017 --> 00:33:08,617 [gallagher whistles] 813 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:09,751 May I go now? 814 00:33:09,753 --> 00:33:13,288 No. Sit down. 815 00:33:16,893 --> 00:33:19,328 There goes your case. 816 00:33:20,196 --> 00:33:22,631 A year's work. 817 00:33:23,833 --> 00:33:26,068 Take it easy, jim. 818 00:33:33,776 --> 00:33:36,011 [door slamming] 819 00:33:43,386 --> 00:33:46,088 Thought you had a date. 820 00:33:47,156 --> 00:33:49,958 Yeah. Say, a killer
like that going free. 821 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,060 Oh, relax, jim.
Tomorrow's another day. 822 00:33:52,062 --> 00:33:56,665 The thieves and murderers
could have written
the penal code themselves. 823 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:58,066 Proof, jim, proof,
that's what counts. 824 00:33:58,068 --> 00:34:01,203 Bunk. Look, evil's
got a smell of its own. 825 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:04,373 A child can spot it.
I know, joe. 826 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:05,807 I know. 827 00:34:05,809 --> 00:34:06,208 How? 828 00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:08,844 I lived with it.
I learned it early and deep. 829 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:11,647 My own father
was one of them. 830 00:34:11,649 --> 00:34:13,315 Every day of my childhood 831 00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:14,816 I saw that father of mine, 832 00:34:14,818 --> 00:34:16,985 With that criminal mind
of his, 833 00:34:16,987 --> 00:34:18,186 Abuse and torment
my mother 834 00:34:18,188 --> 00:34:22,257 And drive her
straight into
a lunatic asylum. 835 00:34:22,259 --> 00:34:24,226 She died there. 836 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,427 Yeah, I know it
when I smell it. 837 00:34:25,429 --> 00:34:31,767 Every time I look
at one of those babies,
I see my old man's face. 838 00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:44,012 Lieutenant, what about
the anderson girl,
in the hospital? 839 00:34:44,014 --> 00:34:45,180 She can identify him. 840 00:34:45,182 --> 00:34:46,982 I told you, she's critical.
No visitors. 841 00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:49,851 This is an emergency.
She doesn't have to talk. 842 00:34:49,853 --> 00:34:51,319 Just look at him and nod. 843 00:34:51,321 --> 00:34:54,289 Let me use the wagon
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