Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Acting
Simmons' switch from doe-eyed to dead-eyed.
Direction
Preminger's invisible hand tightening the noose.
Cinematography
Shadows that feel like they're judging you.
Director
Otto Preminger
Robert Mitchum
Frank Jessup
Jean Simmons
Diane Tremayne Jessup
Mona Freeman
Mary Wilton
Herbert Marshall
Mr. Charles Tremayne
Leon Ames
Fred Barrett
Barbara O'Neil
Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
Kenneth Tobey
Bill Crompton
Raymond Greenleaf
Arthur Vance
Griff Barnett
Judge
Robert Gist
Miller
Morgan Farley
Juror
Jim Backus
District Attorney Judson
Gertrude Astor
Matron (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simmons and Preminger famously clashed; she called him 'the rudest man I've ever met' and he made her do 40+ takes of the staircase scene until she collapsed.
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