"A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign."
Brian Donlevy
as Paul Madvig
Veronica Lake
as Janet Henry
Alan Ladd
as Ed Beaumont
Bonita Granville
as Opal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard Denning
as Taylor Henry
Joseph Calleia
as Nick Varna
William Bendix
as Jeff
Frances Gifford
as Nurse
Donald MacBride
as Farr
Margaret Hayes
as Eloise Matthews
Moroni Olsen
as Ralph Henry
Eddie Marr
as Rusty
Arthur Loft
as Clyde Matthews
George Meader
as Claude Tuttle
William Benedict
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Dane Clark
as Henry Sloss (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
as Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman (uncredited)
James Millican
as Politician (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Lillian Randolph
as Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited)
Norma Varden
Brooks Benedict
Conrad Binyon
as Stubby (uncredited)
Frank Bruno
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kenneth Chryst
as Man in Barroom (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Card Player (uncredited)
George Cowl
as Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited)
John W. De Noria
as Groggins (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
Frank Elliott
as Peter (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler
Jack Gardner
Kit Guard
as Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
as Man watching dice throw (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Joe King
as Fisher (uncredited)
Paul Le Pere
Theodore Lorch
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jack Luden
Wilbur Mack
Joe McGuinn
Edmund Mortimer
Jack Mulhall
as Lynch (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
Tom O'Grady
Pat O'Malley
Stanley Price
Cyril Ring
as Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
as Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Bruce Sidney
Brick Sullivan
as Joe (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Cabbie (uncredited)
George Turner
as Dr. Redmond (uncredited)
William Wagner
as Butler (uncredited)
Fred Walburn
as Kid (uncredited)
Laraine Day
as Nurse (uncredited)
Stuart Heisler
Director
Dashiell Hammett
Novel
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Jonathan Latimer
Screenplay
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Archie Marshek
Editor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Hans Dreier
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Fred Kohlmar
Associate Producer
Don Johnson
Sound Recordist
Leo Shuken
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
Hugo Grenzbach
Walter Scharf