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