| Robert Mitchum | ... | Captain Thomas McQuigg | |
| Lizabeth Scott | ... | Irene Hayes | |
| Robert Ryan | ... | Nick Scanlon | |
| William Talman | ... | Officer Bob Johnson | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh | |
| Joyce Mackenzie | ... | Mary McQuigg (as Joyce MacKenzie) | |
| Robert Hutton | ... | Dave Ames ('City Press' cub reporter) | |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Lucy Johnson | |
| William Conrad | ... | Det. Sgt. Turk | |
| Walter Sande | ... | Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney | |
| Les Tremayne | ... | Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator) | |
| Don Porter | ... | R.G. Connolly (ward boss) | |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Booking Sgt. Sullivan | |
| Brett King | ... | Joe Scanlon | |
| Richard Karlan | ... | Breeze Enright (round-faced Scanlon henchman) | |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Tony, Nick's Barber | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eric Alden | ... | Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Gregg Barton | ... | Rookie cop (uncredited) | |
| Don Beddoe | ... | Mitchell - Member of Craig's office (uncredited) | |
| Kate Belmont | ... | Operator (uncredited) | |
| Robert Bice | ... | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) | |
| Matthew Boulton | ... | Simpson (Nick's butler) (uncredited) | |
| Barry Brooks | ... | Cameron (uncredited) | |
| Howland Chamberlain | ... | Roy Higgins (stool pigeon) (uncredited) | |
| Claudia Constant | ... | Girl (uncredited) | |
| John Daheim | ... | Mannick - Nick's Driver / Henchman (uncredited) | |
| Don Dillaway | ... | Harris - Member of Craig's team (uncredited) | |
| Art Dupuis | ... | Police Car Driver (uncredited) | |
| Jane Easton | ... | Operator (uncredited) | |
| Pat Flaherty | ... | Policeman, Car 43 (uncredited) | |
| William Forrest | ... | Head of Crime Commission (uncredited) | |
| Jack Gargan | ... | Lewis (uncredited) | |
| Dick Gordon | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
| Bret Hamilton | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Jayne Hazard | ... | Girl (uncredited) | |
| Curtis Jarrett | ... | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Howard Joslin | ... | Sgt. Werker (uncredited) | |
| Hazel Keener | ... | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Mike Lally | ... | Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Harry Lauter | ... | Officer Mosley (uncredited) | |
| Ronald Lee | ... | Elevator boy (uncredited) | |
| Herbert Lytton | ... | Police Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Frank Marlowe | ... | Pedestrian with morning newspaper (uncredited) | |
| Thomas Martin | ... | Governor's Butler (uncredited) | |
| Allen Mathews | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
| Harriet Matthews | ... | Librarian (uncredited) | |
| John McGuire | ... | Policeman in Locker Room (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Montgomery | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
| Al Murphy | ... | Newsboy (uncredited) | |
| William J. O'Brien | ... | Counterman / Short Order Cook (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Parker | ... | Garage Roof Thug (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Peters | ... | Davis (crooked bondsman) (uncredited) | |
| Howard Petrie | ... | The Governor (uncredited) | |
| Joey Ray | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Walter Reed | ... | Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited) | |
| Richard Reeves | ... | Leo - Driver / Scanlon Henchman (uncredited) | |
| Stephen Roberts | ... | Schmidt, Police Car Driver (uncredited) | |
| Jack Shea | ... | Night Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Miles Shepard | ... | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Charles Sherlock | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
| George Sherwood | ... | Douglas (uncredited) | |
| Milburn Stone | ... | Member of Craig's team (uncredited) | |
| Duke Taylor | ... | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Herb Vigran | ... | Paradise Club manager (uncredited) | |
| Max Wagner | ... | Durko (ugly henchman) (uncredited) | |
| Bud Wolfe | ... | Detective with Johnson at the Paradise Club (uncredited) | |
| Sally Yarnell | ... | Brunette police operator (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| John Cromwell | |||
| Mel Ferrer | (uncredited) | ||
| Tay Garnett | (uncredited) | ||
| Nicholas Ray | (uncredited) | ||
| Sherman Todd | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| William Wister Haines | (screenplay) and | |
| W.R. Burnett | (screenplay) | |
| Bartlett Cormack | (play) | |
Produced by | |||
| Edmund Grainger | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| C. Bakaleinikoff | (uncredited) | ||
| Paul Sawtell | (uncredited) | ||
| Roy Webb | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| George E. Diskant | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Sherman Todd | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Albert S. D'Agostino | |||
| Jack Okey | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Darrell Silvera | |||
| William Stevens | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Michael Woulfe | (gowns) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Mel Berns | .... | makeup artist | |
| Larry Germain | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Cliff P. Broughton | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| James E. Casey | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Frank McWhorter | .... | sound | |
| Clem Portman | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| John Daheim | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| C. Bakaleinikoff | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Howard Hughes | .... | presenter | |
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Howard Hughes produced this film, and he knew a thing or two about the power of big money and racketeering. So it was natural for him to want to make a noir thriller about it. In the capable directorial hands of old pro John Cromwell, this is an excellent study of the octopus tentacles of crime syndicates and how a handful of people struggle against them, many getting hurt in the process. William Talman plays a stalwart and honest cop, so you can imagine what happens to him. The hero is Robert Mitchum, as the only incorruptible police captain on the police force in 'the city'. The main baddie in town is psycho crime boss Robert Ryan, just as menacing and ruthless as ever, except that he gets carried away by his passion for murder and out of impatience even kills someone himself, whereas crime bosses are meant to sit back and have this kind of thing done for them, like asking in the barber and the manicurist. Lizabeth Scott is the sultry gal caught up in it all, trying to decide whether to follow her cynical streak or go honest. Her part is not big enough to do her justice, but she does her usual good job. The best thing in the film is the powerful confrontational scene between Mitchum and Ryan, where they face each other down, and we see that Ryan is even taller than Mitchum (I always wondered!) What fireworks that brings! Always ominous and in the background is 'the Old Man', whom we never see, and who is the boss of bosses. Of course, nothing ever happens to him, and The Racket goes on as before, after this particular story is played out. This is a potent tale, well worth watching. The only thing missing is Gloria Grahame.