"Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend."
Cornel Wilde
as Leonard Diamond
Jean Wallace
as Susan Lowell
Brian Donlevy
as Joe McClure
Richard Conte
as Mr. Brown
Lee Van Cleef
as Fante
Earl Holliman
as Mingo
Robert Middleton
as Police Capt. Peterson
Helen Walker
as Alicia Brown
Jay Adler
as Detective Sam Hill
John Hoyt
as Nils Dreyer
Ted de Corsia
as Ralph Bettini
Helene Stanton
as Rita
Roy Gordon
as Audubon
Baynes Barron
as Young detective
James McCallion
as Frank - Lab technician
Tony Michaels
as Photo technician
Rita Gould
as Nurse
Bruce Sharpe
as Detective
Michael Mark
as Fred (hotel clerk)
Donna Drew
as Miss Hartleby
Brian O'Hara
as Attorney Malloy
Steve Mitchell
as Bennie Smith, Boxer
Joseph H. Lewis
Director
Philip Yordan
Writer
Sidney Harmon
Producer
John Alton
Director of Photography
Robert S. Eisen
Editor
Carla Hadley
Hairstylist
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
David Raksin
Music
Rudi Feld
Production Design
Larry Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Earl Snyder
Sound Designer
Don Loper
Costume Design