Acting
Robert Taylor's sweat-through-the-sheets guilt.
Cinematography
Shadows so thick you could hide bodies in them.
Director
Roy Rowland
Robert Taylor
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Janet Leigh
Karen Stephanson
George Raft
Dan Beaumonte
Steve Forrest
Eddie Kelvaney
Anne Francis
Nancy Corlane
Robert Ellenstein
Det. Sidney Y. Myers
Robert F. Simon
Ackerman
Anthony Ross
Father Ahearn
Alan Hale Jr.
Johnny Stark
Peter Brocco
George 'Wrinkles' Fallon
Vince Edwards
Joey Langley
Olive Carey
Selma
Roy Barcroft
Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
Dale Van Sickel
Manny
Ray Teal
Patrolman Mullins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Raft reportedly took the role for the paycheck and sleepwalked through it; Taylor allegedly resented sharing billing.
Released during the Kefauver hearings on organized crime, when Americans suddenly wanted their cops dirtier and their cities meaner.
US
