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

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