Detective Story is a 1949 play

Play (theatre)

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 in three acts by American

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 playwright

Playwright

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 Sidney Kingsley

Sidney Kingsley

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. The play opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre

Hudson Theatre

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 on March 23, 1949 where it played until the production moved to the Broadhurst Theatre

Broadhurst Theatre

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 on July 3, 1950. The production closed on August 12, 1950 after 581 performances. The cast notably included Lydia Clarke

Lydia Clarke

Lydia Marie Clarke is an American actress and the widow of Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston.She was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. She married Charlton Heston on March 17, 1944, and their marriage lasted for 64 years until his death on April 5, 2008. They had two children: Fraser Clarke...

 who won a Theatre World Award

Theatre World Award

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 for her performance. Other cast members included Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy was an American actor whose career spanned sixty-two years.-Early life:He was born Ralph Rexford Bellamy in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lilla Louise , a native of Canada, and Charles Rexford Bellamy. He ran away from home when he was fifteen and managed to get into a road show...

 as Detective Jim McLeod, Meg Mundy

Meg Mundy

Margaret "Meg" Mundy is an English-American actress. She was born in London, but moved to the United States in 1921.Mundy is the daughter of the Australian opera singer Clytie Hine who studied at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, South Australia...

  as Mary McLeod, James Westerfield

James Westerfield

James A. Westerfield was an American actor.Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he starred in more than 50 films during his lifetime...

 as Detective Lou Brody, Joan Copeland

Joan Copeland

Joan Copeland is an American actress and the younger sister of celebrated playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career appearing in theatre in New York City during the mid 1940s. She moved into television and film during the 1950s while still maintaining an active stage career...

 as Susan Carmichael, Harry Worth

Harry Worth

Harry Worth was an English comedy actor and comedian...

 as Dr. Karl Schneider, and Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton was an American actress in film, theater and television.-Early life:Stapleton was born Lois Maureen Stapleton in Troy, New York, the daughter of Irene and John P. Stapleton, and grew up in a strict Irish American Catholic family...

 as Miss Hatch.

The play was adapted into a 1951 film of the same name.