"The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape."
Robert Mitchum
as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Jane Greer
as Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas
as Whit Sterling
Paul Valentine
as Joe Stephanos
Virginia Huston
as Ann Miller
Rhonda Fleming
as Meta Carson
Richard Webb
as Jim
Steve Brodie
as Jack Fisher
Dickie Moore
as The Kid
Ken Niles
as Leonard Eels
Mary Field
as Marny (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Tillotson (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
as Canby Miller (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
as Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Sheriff (uncredited)
John Kellogg
as Lou (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson
Mike Lally
Bill Wallace
Eumenio Blanco
as Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Wesley Bly
as Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
as Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited)
James Bush
as Doorman (uncredited)
James Conaty
as Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Adda Gleason
as Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as The Porter (uncredited)
Manuel París
as Croupier (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
as Man with Eunice (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)
Charles Regan
as Mystery Man (uncredited)
Tony Roux
as Jose Rodriguez (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
as Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
as Rafferty (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Daniel Mainwaring
Screenplay
Russell A. Cully
Special Effects
Warren Duff
Producer
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Jack Okey
Robert Sparks
Executive Producer
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Novel
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
James M. Cain
Additional Writing
Lynn Shores
Second Unit Director
Frank Fenton
Earl Harper
Francis M. Sarver
Sound
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
John McCarthy Jr.
Clem Portman
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Margery Gutterman
Stand In
James H. Anderson
Unit Manager
Boyd Cabeen
Robert De Grasse
Additional Photography