"After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate."
Glenn Ford
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria Grahame
as Debby Marsh
Jocelyn Brando
as Katie Bannion
Alexander Scourby
as Mike Lagana
Lee Marvin
as Vince Stone
Jeanette Nolan
as Bertha Duncan
Peter Whitney
as Tierney
Willis Bouchey
as Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
as Det. Gus Burke
Adam Williams
as Larry Gordon
Howard Wendell
as Police Commissioner Higgins
Chris Alcaide
as George Rose
Michael Granger
as Hugo
Dorothy Green
as Lucy Chapman
Carolyn Jones
as Doris
Ric Roman
as Baldy
Dan Seymour
as Mr. Atkins
Edith Evanson
as Selma Parker
Phil Arnold
as Nick (uncredited)
Linda Bennett
as Joyce Bannion (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Hopkins (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
as Hettrick (uncredited)
Jack R. Clinton
as Retreat Patron (uncredited)
John Close
as Policeman (uncredited)
Sidney Clute
as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
John Crawford
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
John Doucette
as Mark Reiner (uncredited)
Kathryn Eames
as Marge (uncredited)
Al Eben
as Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
as Councilman Gillen (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
as Sailor (uncredited)
Jimmy Gray
as Man (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Byron Kane
as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Cabby (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Nico Lek
as Canteen Patron (uncredited)
Celia Lovsky
as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
as Martin (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
as Dixon (uncredited)
Laura Mason
as B-Girl (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
as George Fuller (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Dr. Kane (uncredited)
John Merton
Patrick Miller
as Intern (uncredited)
William Murphy
as Reds (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
as Mrs Tucker (uncredited)
Norma Randall
as Jill (uncredited)
Michael Ross
as Segal (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
as Lagana's Butler (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
as Bill Rutherford (uncredited)
William Vedder
as Janitor (uncredited)
Sydney Boehm
Screenplay
Robert Arthur
Producer
Fritz Lang
Director
William P. McGivern
Original Story
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Henry Vars
Original Music Composer
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist
Robert Peterson
Art Direction
Milton Feldman
Assistant Director
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
George Cooper
Sound Engineer
Charles Nelson
Editor
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Arthur Morton
Additional Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
George Duning
Fred Karger
Hans J. Salter
Ernst Toch
Carl Fortina