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