"A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts."
Humphrey Bogart
as Dixon Steele
Gloria Grahame
as Laurel Gray
Frank Lovejoy
as Brub Nicolai
Carl Benton Reid
as Capt. Lochner
Art Smith
as Mel Lippman
Jeff Donnell
as Sylvia Nicolai
Martha Stewart
as Mildred Atkinson
Robert Warwick
as Charlie Waterman
Morris Ankrum
as Lloyd Barnes
William Ching
as Ted Barton
Steven Geray
as Paul
Hadda Brooks
as Singer
Alix Talton
as Frances Randolph (uncredited)
James Arness
as Young Detective (uncredited)
Pat Barton
as Second Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Guy Beach
as Mr. Swan (uncredited)
David Bond
as Dr. Richards (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
as Woman (uncredited)
Laura K. Brooks
as Lady Wanting Matches (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Angry Husband in Convertible (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Bartender (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
as Person (uncredited)
George Davis
as Waiter (uncredited)
Melinda Erickson
as Tough Girl (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Arno Frey
as Joe (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette
as Martha (uncredited)
Billy Gray
as Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)
Joy Hallward
Myron Healey
as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Lewis Howard
as Junior (uncredited)
Jack Jahries
as Officer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Tony Layng
as Man (uncredited)
Mark Lowell
as Airline Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Dave (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John Mitchum
George Nardelli
Allen Pinson
Jack Reynolds
as Henry Kesler (uncredited)
Davis Roberts
as Flower Shop Employee (uncredited)
Michael Romanoff
as Prince Romanoff (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
Cosmo Sardo
Evelyn Underwood
June Vincent
as Actress In Convertible (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
as Effie (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Restaurant Patron at Paul's
Robert Lord
Producer
George Antheil
Original Music Composer
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Viola Lawrence
Editor
Edmund H. North
Adaptation
Nicholas Ray
Director
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Robert Peterson
Art Direction
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist
Henry S. Kesler
Associate Producer
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Earl Bellamy
Assistant Director
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
Rod Amateau
Other
Andrew Solt
Screenplay
Howard Fogetti
Sound Designer
Dorothy B. Hughes
Original Film Writer