A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Cast
Dana Andrews
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon
Gene Tierney
Morgan Taylor
Bert Freed
Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
Gary Merrill
Tommy Scalise
Karl Malden
Det. Lt. Thomas
Tom Tully
Jiggs Taylor
Ruth Donnelly
Martha
Craig Stevens
Ken Paine
Fred Aldrich
Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald
Detective Casey (uncredited)
John McGuire
Detective Gertessen (uncredited)
Clarence Straight
Detective (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Detective (uncredited)
Phil Tully
Det. Ted Benson, 16th Precinct (uncredited)
Don Appell
Willie Bender (uncredited)
Tony Barr
Hoodlum (uncredited)
John Daheim
Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited)
Neville Brand
Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Joe, Scalise Hood (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Ernie, Scalise Hood (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Barry Brooks
Thug (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Railroad Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
Oleg Cassini
Oleg the Fashion Designer (uncredited)
John Close
Hanson (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Police Desk Sergeant Murphy (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Police Radio Dispatcher #79 (voice) (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Policeman (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Man at Dice Table / Passerby (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Passerby (uncredited)
Bob Evans
Sweatshirt (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Fenney (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
Fat Man (uncredited)
Kathleen Hughes
Secretary (uncredited)
Lou Krugman
Mike Williams (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Eda Reiss Merin
Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
Grayce Mills
Mrs. Tribaum, Paine's Landlady (uncredited)
Harry von Zell
Mr. Morrison (uncredited)
David McMahon
Harrington (uncredited)
Peggy O'Connor
Model (uncredited)
Shirley Tegge
Model (uncredited)
Robert Patten
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Gilruth (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Friedman, Morgan's Employer (uncredited)
Robert F. Simon
Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Riley (uncredited)
Chili Williams
Teddy (uncredited)
Mack Williams
Jerry Morris, Attorney (uncredited)
Anthony George
Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited)
David Bauer
Sid Kramer
Charles Flynn
Policeman Schwartz (uncredited)
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director, Producer
Frank P. Rosenberg
Adaptation, Associate Producer
Robert E. Kent
Adaptation
Victor Trivas
Adaptation
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
William L. Stuart
Novel
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
Henry Weinberger
Assistant Director
Don Anderson
Camera Operator
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Marie Walter
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman
Music Director
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Kathleen Fagan
Script Supervisor
Sam Wurtzel
Production Manager
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
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