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Edmond O'Brien
Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
Marla English
Patty Winters
John Agar
Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
Emile Meyer
Capt. Gunnarson
Carolyn Jones
Beth, Girl at Bar
Claude Akins
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Herbert Butterfield
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Hugh Sanders
Packy Reed
William Schallert
Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
Richard Deacon
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John Beradino
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Robert Bray
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Stafford Repp
Detective O'Dell
Vito Scotti
Joe the Bartender
William Boyett
Robert Bray
Richard H. Cutting
Lawrence Ryle
Laddie O'Neil
Mickey Golden
David Hughes
Frank Marlowe
Gregg Martell
Tom McKee
Grazia Narciso
Norman Ollestad
Jack Perry
John Phillips
Joe Ploski

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Nov 30 2024

We discover right from the outset that "Nolan" (Edmond O'Brien) is a dodgy cop, and that he has killed a bookie's runner so he can take the $25k he was carrying and use it to build a new life for him and his girlfriend 'Patty" (Marla English). Unfortunately for him, he was seen by a deaf mute and so has to think on his feet before his partner "Brewster" (John Agar) gets to the truth or before the mob, whose cash it was, decide to take their own form of retribution. He has a reputation as a bit of a shoot-first merchant so faces a considerable degree of internal suspicion and that doesn't help a...