
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.

as Det. James McLeod

as Mary McLeod

as Det. Lou Brody

as Susan Carmichael

as Karl Schneider

as Lt. Monaghan

as Miss Hatch

as Charley Gennini

as Shoplifter

as Tami Giacoppetti

as Det. Gallagher

as Arthur Kindred

as Lewis Abbott

as Joe Feinson

as Det. Dakis

as Endicott Sims

as Det. O'Brien

as Det. Pat Callahan

as Patrolman Barnes

as Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)

as Ed (uncredited)

as French Woman (uncredited)

as Mrs. Farragut (uncredited)

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

as Dave Gallantz (uncredited)

as Patrolman Gus Keogh (uncredited)

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Det. Coleman (uncredited)

as Albert R. Pritchett (uncredited)

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Policeman Finney (uncredited)

as Willie the Janitor (uncredited)

as Man in Custody (uncredited)

as Mulvey (uncredited)

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)