Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
Cast
Peggy Cummins
Annie Laurie Starr
John Dall
Bart Tare
Berry Kroeger
Packett
Morris Carnovsky
Judge Willoughby
Anabel Shaw
Ruby Tare Flagler
Harry Lewis
Sheriff Clyde Boston
Nedrick Young
Dave Allister
Trevor Bardette
Sheriff Boston
Mickey Little
Bart Tare (Age 7)
Russ Tamblyn
Bart Tare (Age 14)
Paul Frison
Clyde Boston (Age 14)
David Bair
Dave Allister (Child)
Stanley Prager
Bluey-Bluey
Virginia Farmer
Miss Wynn
Anne O'Neal
Miss Augustine Sifert
Frances Irvin
Danceland Singer
Robert Osterloh
Hampton Policeman
Shimen Ruskin
Cab Driver
Harry Hayden
Mr. Mallenberg
John Alban
Office Worker (uncredited)
Tony Barr
Proprietor / Diner Cook (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Chicago Man (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Ross Elliott
Detective (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Cashier (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Pat Gleason
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Hecht
Ira Flagler (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Office Worker (uncredited)
George Lynn
Holdup Victim (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Customer at Sharpshooting Act (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Teal
California Border Inspector (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Meat Plant Guard (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph H. Lewis
Director
MacKinlay Kantor
Screenplay, Story
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Millard Kaufman
Screenplay
Harry Gerstad
Editor
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Frank Heath
Assistant Director
Frank King
Producer
Maurice King
Producer
Arthur Gardner
Producer's Assistant
Gordon Wiles
Production Design
Norma Koch
Costume Design
Carla Hadley
Hairstylist
Tom Lambert
Sound Engineer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Stuart Frye
Music Editor
Madeleine Robinson
Dialogue Coach
Raymond Boltz Jr.
Set Decoration
Eddie Jones
Still Photographer
Herman King
Technical Advisor
Al J. Jennings
Technical Advisor
Dale Van Sickel
Stunts
Jack Herzberg
Continuity
Harry Lewis
Grip
Lloyd Garnell
Gaffer
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Lew Morphy
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