Directed by Gordon Douglas
1h 43m
Crime
| Thriller
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
James Cagney
Ralph Cotter
Barbara Payton
Holiday Carleton
Helena Carter
Margaret Dobson
Ward Bond
Inspector Charles Weber
Luther Adler
Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
Barton MacLane
Lieutenant John Reece
Steve Brodie
Joe 'Jinx' Raynor
Rhys Williams
Vic Mason
Herbert Heyes
Ezra Dobson
Gordon Douglas
Director
Harry Brown
Screenplay
Horace McCoy
Novel
William Cagney
Producer
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
Truman K. Wood
Editor
Walter Hannemann
Editor
Carmen Dragon
Original Music Composer
Wiard B. Ihnen
Production Design