Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Martha Ivers
Van Heflin
Sam Masterson
Lizabeth Scott
Antonia 'Toni' Marachek
Kirk Douglas
Walter O'Neil
Judith Anderson
Mrs. Ivers
Roman Bohnen
Mr. O'Neil
Darryl Hickman
Young Sam
Janis Wilson
Young Martha
Ann Doran
Bobbi St. John
Frank Orth
Hotel Clerk
James Flavin
Police Detective #1
Mickey Kuhn
Young Walter
Charles D. Brown
McCarthy
Blake Edwards
Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Dempsey (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Police Detective #2 (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Man Waiting (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Joe (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Gladden James
John (uncredited)
Crew
Lewis Milestone
Director
Robert Rossen
Screenplay
Archie Marshek
Editor
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Jerry Welch
Set Decoration
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
John Patrick
Original Story
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John Meehan
Art Direction
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