"Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them."
Charlton Heston
as Danny Haley
Lizabeth Scott
as Fran Garland
Viveca Lindfors
as Victoria Winant
Dean Jagger
as Captain Garvey
Don DeFore
as Arthur Winant
Jack Webb
as Augie
Ed Begley
as Barney
Harry Morgan
as Soldier
Walter Sande
as Swede
Mark Keuning
as Billy Winant
Mike Mazurki
as Sidney Winant
Byron Foulger
as Motel Manager (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Lawrence B. Marcus
Screenplay
Story
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Warren Low
Editor
John Meredyth Lucas
Writer
William Dieterle
Director
Ketti Frings
Adaptation
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
Charles Sickler
Grip
Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
John McCarthy Jr.
Hans Dreier
Emile Kuri
Richard McWhorter
Assistant Director
