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