
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Cast

Maureen O'Hara
Marian Washburn

Melvyn Douglas
Luke Jordan

Gloria Grahame
Susan Caldwell / Estrellita

Bill Williams
Lee Crenshaw

Victor Jory
Brook Matthews

Mary Philips
Mrs. Mary Fowler

Jay C. Flippen
Police Insp. Jim Fowler

Robert Warwick
Assistant District Attorney Roberts

Curt Conway
Doctor

Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

Virginia Farmer
Mollie the Washburn Maid

Ellen Corby
Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Emory Parnell
Police Lieutenant at Desk

Fred Aldrich
Policeman (Uncredited)

C. Bakaleinikoff
Studio Recording Session Conductor (Uncredited)
Guy Beach
Policeman (Uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
Tommy (Uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

Raymond Bond
Dr. Ferris (Uncredited)

Eddie Borden
Ship's Waiter (Uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Policeman (Uncredited)
James Conaty
Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)
Bert Davidson
Radio Director (Uncredited)
Marcel De La Brosse
French Baker (Uncredited)

George Douglas
Policeman (Uncredited)
John Goldsworthy
Harold (Uncredited)

Paul Guilfoyle
Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Fred (Uncredited)
John Laing
WLR Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Rory Mallinson
Police Lt. Benson (Uncredited)

Frank Marlowe
Reporter (Uncredited)

Alphonse Martell
Algerian Waiter (Uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
News Photographer (Uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Mr. Emory (Uncredited)
Norman Nesbitt
Announcer (Uncredited)

John Parrish
Professor Paul Camelli (Uncredited)

Lee Phelps
District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Stagehand (Uncredited)

Scott Seaton
Show Spectator (Uncredited)

Mickey Simpson
Hotel Policeman Guard (Uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim
Algerian Piano Player (Uncredited)
Lynn Whitney
Actress (Uncredited)
Dan Foster
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Donna Gibson
Girl (Uncredited)
Frederic Nay
Ship's Master of Ceremonies (Uncredited)
Bill Purington
Intern (Uncredited)
Jack Rourke
Announcer (Uncredited)
Ralph Stein
Mr. Harris (Uncredited)
Evelyn Underwood
Girl (Uncredited)
Loreli Vitek
Waitress (Uncredited)
Bernice Young
Nurse (Uncredited)
Crew

Nicholas Ray
Director

Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay, Producer

Vicki Baum
Novel
Sherman Todd
Editor
George E. Diskant
Director of Photography
Harry J. Wild
Cinematography
Doran Cox
Assistant Director
Clark Burke
Production Design
Charles Burke
Camera Operator
Edward Stevenson
Costume Designer
Fae M. Smith
Hairstylist
Hazel Rogers
Hairstylist
Jack Barron
Makeup Artist
James R. Barker
Makeup Artist
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Francis M. Sarver
Sound
Clem Portman
Sound
Russell A. Cully
Special Effects

Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer

C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Harley Miller
Set Decoration
Ollie Sigurdson
Still Photographer
Ernest Bachrach
Still Photographer
Mercy Weireter
Script Supervisor
Jim Kurley
Grip
William Dorfman
Production Manager

Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
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