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