| Vera Miles | ... | Angela Walsh | |
| Robert Douglas | ... | Allen Bardeman | |
| Jack Warden | ... | Police captain | |
| Arch Johnson | ... | Chief Inspector Gus Honichek | |
| Ken Lynch | ... | Ed Rackin | |
| Jay Adler | ... | Ed, Reporter | |
| David White | ... | Police Commissioner Dean | |
| James Seay | ... | The Mayor | |
| Robert H. Harris | ... | Joe Selkin | |
| John Zaremba | ... | John, Police Desk Sergeant | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Robert Bailey | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| Noreen Corcoran | ... | Evelyn Gower (uncredited) | |
| Don C. Harvey | ... | Bit Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Kenner G. Kemp | ... | Detective / Driver (uncredited) | |
| Mary Lawrence | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Marr | ... | Bit Reporter (uncredited) | |
| William Smith | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| Bert Stevens | ... | Extra at Bus Station (uncredited) | |
| Marianne Stewart | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Joseph M. Newman | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Paul Monash | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Jaime Del Valle | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Johnny Mandel | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Nicholas Musuraca | (as Nick Musuraca) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ben Lewis | |||
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What a pleasure for me to find this film noir. A very rare one. I did not even know it existed. And directed by Joseph Newman. It reminds me his Human Jungle, shot several years earlier. The picture about gangsters and corrupted politicians in a big city, and the struggle between them and a bunch of hardboiled and honest, untouchable, police officers.
This story, written by the great WR Burnett, the author of "Asphalt Jungle", is interesting because it focuses as much on the "bad" ones as on the "good" ones. It shows how the system goes, in the underworld. The shooting looks like TV production from this era, for instance camera zooms. But it's OK.It suits well to this story.
Vera Miles and Jack Warden add much to this - I repeat - very rare and interesting film noir. An unknown one from director Joseph Newman.