Drama Crime Fantasy
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Directed by
John Farrow
Ray Milland
Nick Beal
Bess Flowers
Woman at Press Conference
Thomas Mitchell
Joseph Foster
Percy Helton
Lawyer
Douglas Spencer
Henry T. Finch
Henry O'Neill
Judge Ben Hobbs
Fred Clark
Frankie Faulkner
Audrey Totter
Donna Allen
George Macready
Thomas Garfield
Theresa Harris
Opal
Darryl Hickman
Larry Price
Lester Dorr
Commercial Fisherman
Harold Miller
Man at Press Conference
Nestor Paiva
Karl
Steve Pendleton
Det. Sgt. Hill
Al Ferguson
Pedestrian
King Donovan
Peter Wolfe
Franklyn Farnum
Supporter
Frank Darien
Assistant Tailor
James Burke
Bum
Julia Faye
Reformer
Pat O'Malley
Committee Man
Frank Mayo
Committee Man
Orley Lindgren
Boy Who Brings Note
Tim Ryan
Don Shelton
Banker
Charles Sherlock
Campaign Worker
Everett Glass
Party Guest
Charles Evans
Paul Norton
Stuart Holmes
Minister
John Sheehan
Reformer
Harold Vermilyea
Chief Justice
Ernö Verebes
Mr. Cox
Cap Somers
Campaign Worker
Philip Van Zandt
Watchman
Monty O'Grady
Campaign Worker
Ethan Laidlaw
Commercial Fisherman
Tom Dugan
Howard M. Mitchell
Committee Man
Weldon Heyburn
Richard Neill
Supporter
Frances Morris
Reformer
Geraldine Wall
Martha Foster
Sid Tomack
Bartender
Elaine Riley
Telephone Woman at Mitchell's Election HQ
Jimmy Dime
Barfly
Jean Ruth
Adding Machine Worker
Arlene Jenkins
Aileen
Pepito Pérez
Poster Man
Joey Ray
Tommy Ray
Leon Alton
Supporter
Edward Biby
Party Guest
Danny Borzage
Accordionist
James Carlisle
Man at Press Conference
Helen Chapman
Stenographer
James Conaty
Man at Press Conference
Ray Dolciame
Tony
Jimmie Dundee
Tough Politician
Charles Flickinger
Page Boy
Maxine Gates
Josie
Dick Gordon
Man at Press Conference (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Campaign Worker (uncredited)
Jerry James
Phone Worker
Richard Kipling
Reformer
Alyn Lockwood
Woman in China Coast Cafe
Russell Meeker
Supporter
Ralph Montgomery
Pedestrian
Pat Phelan
Photographer
John Shay
Assistant District Attorney
Billy Snyder
Politician
Robert R. Stephenson
Truck Driver
Bert Stevens
Supporter
Joe Whitehead
Minister
Bob Coleman
James Cornell
James Davies
Donya Dean
Allan Douglas
Howard Gardiner
Jack Gargan
Bret Hamilton
Sam Harris
Supporter at Campaign HQ (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan
Jean Marshall
Diana Mumby
Anton Northpole
Louise Saraydar
Bill Sheehan
Kippee Valez

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