Acting
Richard Dix makes sleaze weirdly charismatic.
Direction
Farrow crams 120 minutes of plot into 73.
Production
Reno as sin city before the cleanup.
Director
John Farrow
Richard Dix
William Shayne
Gail Patrick
Jessie Gibbs
Anita Louise
Mrs. Joanne Ryder
Paul Cavanagh
John R. Banton
Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Gardner
Louis Jean Heydt
Judge Jimmy Howard
Hobart Cavanaugh
Abe Compass
Charles Halton
Augustus Welch
Astrid Allwyn
Flora McKenzie
Joyce Compton
Bonnie Newcomb
Frank Faylen
J. Hezmer Briggs
William Haade
George Fields
Anthony Averill
Tony
Paul E. Burns
Hank--Waiter
John Dilson
Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Farrow directed this between his Paramount contract work and his eventual noir classics like The Big Clock.
Reno was America's divorce capital before Vegas stole the sin crown; this film captures that transitional sleaze.
US
