A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Paul Madvig
Veronica Lake
Janet Henry
Alan Ladd
Ed Beaumont
Bonita Granville
Opal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard Denning
Taylor Henry
Joseph Calleia
Nick Varna
William Bendix
Jeff
Frances Gifford
Nurse
Donald MacBride
Farr
Margaret Hayes
Eloise Matthews
Moroni Olsen
Ralph Henry
Eddie Marr
Rusty
Arthur Loft
Clyde Matthews
George Meader
Claude Tuttle
William Benedict
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Dane Clark
Henry Sloss (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
James Millican
Politician (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Lillian Randolph
Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited)
Norma Varden
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
Stubby (uncredited)
Frank Bruno
Reporter (uncredited)
Kenneth Chryst
Man in Barroom (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Card Player (uncredited)
George Cowl
Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited)
John W. De Noria
Groggins (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
Frank Elliott
Peter (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Reporter (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Man watching dice throw (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Joe King
Fisher (uncredited)
Paul Le Pere
Reporter (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jack Luden
Reporter (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn
Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Lynch (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Tom O'Grady
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Politician (uncredited)
Stanley Price
Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Policeman (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Joe (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Cabbie (uncredited)
George Turner
Dr. Redmond (uncredited)
William Wagner
Butler (uncredited)
Fred Walburn
Kid (uncredited)
Laraine Day
Nurse (uncredited)
Crew
Stuart Heisler
Director
Jonathan Latimer
Screenplay
Dashiell Hammett
Novel
Archie Marshek
Editor
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Fred Kohlmar
Associate Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Don Johnson
Sound Recordist
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Walter Scharf
Original Music Composer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
