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
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
William Conrad
Max
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
Charles McGraw
Al
Mike Lally
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Miljan
Jake the Rake (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Bill Walker
Sam (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
John Berkes
Mr. Plunther (uncredited)
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
Phil Brown
Nick Adams (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Passerby Outside Theatre / Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Frank Baker
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Party Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Policeman (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Joe Smalley (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
George (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
Sam Ash
(uncredited)
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Reporter (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)
Al Hill
Disgruntled Diner Patron (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (uncredited)
Noel Cravat
Lou Tingle (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Police Driver (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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