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.

• Paramount Pictures
• Kirk Douglas
• Eleanor Parker
• William Bendix
• Cathy O'Donnell
• George Macready
• Horace McMahon
• Gladys George
• Joseph Wiseman