Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Cast
Victor Mature
Lt. Candella
Richard Conte
Martin Rome
Fred Clark
Lt Collins
Shelley Winters
Brenda Martingale
Betty Garde
Miss Pruett
Berry Kroeger
W. A. Niles
Tommy Cook
Tony Rome
Debra Paget
Teena Riconti
Hope Emerson
Rose Given
Roland Winters
Ledbetter
Walter Baldwin
Orvy
June Storey
Miss Boone, Nurse
Tito Vuolo
Papa Roma
Mimi Aguglia
Mama Roma
Oliver Blake
Mr. Masselli
Ruth Clifford
Nurse
Howard Freeman
Sullivan the Drunk
Kathleen Howard
Miss Pruett's Mother
Dolores Castle
Rosa
Robert Karnes
Intern
Jane Nigh
Nurse
Konstantin Shayne
Dr. Veroff
Charles Tannen
Intern
Michael Stark
Unknown
Harry Carter
Elevator Operator
Dan Sheridan
Detective
Robert Adler
Man (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Henry Edward Helseth
Novel
Harmon Jones
Editor
Lloyd Ahern Sr.
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Bonnie Cashin
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Designer
Eugene Grossman
Sound Designer
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman
Music Director
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Ernest Lansing
Set Decoration
Albert Hogsett
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
