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