Crime Mystery Thriller
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Written by
John Huston, Richard Brooks
Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen
Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Charles McGraw
Al
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
John Miljan
Jake the Rake (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Party Guest (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Joe Smalley (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
William Conrad
Max
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Ash
(uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Phil Brown
Nick Adams (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Jack Cheatham
Police Driver (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Policeman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Passerby Outside Theatre / Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Sam (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Ethan Laidlaw
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
George (uncredited)
Al Hill
Disgruntled Diner Patron (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)
John Berkes
Mr. Plunther (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Reporter (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (uncredited)
Noel Cravat
Lou Tingle (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Fran (uncredited)
George Anderson
Jail Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Lomas
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Harry Brown
Paymaster (uncredited)
James Conaty
Onlooker at Green Cat (uncredited)
Neal Dodd
Minister (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Timekeeper (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Michael Hale
Pete (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Policeman (uncredited)
Therese Lyon
Mrs. Grimes (uncredited)
Wally Rose
Bartender (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Charlie (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Stella (uncredited)
Milton Wallace
Waiter (uncredited)
Gil Perkins

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