The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Jane Greer
Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas
Whit Sterling
Paul Valentine
Joe Stephanos
Virginia Huston
Ann Miller
Rhonda Fleming
Meta Carson
Richard Webb
Jim
Steve Brodie
Jack Fisher
Dickie Moore
The Kid
Ken Niles
Leonard Eels
Mary Field
Marny (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Tillotson (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Canby Miller (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Sheriff (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Lou (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Bill Wallace
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Bly
Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited)
James Bush
Doorman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Adda Gleason
Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
Philip Morris
The Porter (uncredited)
Manuel París
Croupier (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
Man with Eunice (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)
Charles Regan
Mystery Man (uncredited)
Tony Roux
Jose Rodriguez (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Rafferty (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Daniel Mainwaring
Screenplay, Novel
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Earl Harper
Assistant Director
Robert Sparks
Executive Producer
Warren Duff
Producer
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Lynn Shores
Second Unit Director
Francis M. Sarver
Sound
Clem Portman
Sound
Russell A. Cully
Special Effects
Linwood G. Dunn
Special Effects, Visual Effects
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
Robert De Grasse
Additional Photography
James M. Cain
Additional Writing
Frank Fenton
Additional Writing
James H. Anderson
Unit Manager
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Margery Gutterman
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