Directed by:
Stuart HeislerScreenplay:
Jonathan LatimerCinematography:
Theodor SparkuhlCast:
Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Joseph Calleia, William Bendix, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes (more)Plots(1)
Brian Donlevy essays the role of the boss, who is determined to back reform candidate Moroni Olsen, despite Ladd's gut feeling that this move is a mistake. Ladd knows that Donlevy is doing a political about-face merely to get in solid with Olsen's pretty daughter Veronica Lake. It is Ladd who is left to clean up the mess when crime lord Joseph Calleila murders Olsen's wastrel son Richard Denning and pins the rap on Donlevy. As Ladd struggles to clear Donlevy's name, he falls in love with Lake--when he's not being pummeled about by Calleila's psychopathic henchman William Bendix. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Brian Donlevy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505261_8d5236.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Ireland
Best movies:
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
![Veronica Lake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268028_0eed26.jpg)
Veronica Lake
USA
Best movies:
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
![Alan Ladd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268027_ff41cc.jpg)
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
![Bonita Granville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505190_91951d.jpg)
Bonita Granville
USA
Best movies:
These Three (1936)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Little Women (1933)
![Richard Denning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792699_41121e.jpg)
Richard Denning
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
![Joseph Calleia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505243_1f86d0.jpg)
Joseph Calleia
Malta
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Gilda (1946)
![William Bendix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515900_47bffc.jpg)
William Bendix
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Lifeboat (1944)
Woman of the Year (1942)
![Frances Gifford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346696_68bb92.jpg)
Frances Gifford
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
![Donald MacBride](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922842_e5890b.jpg)
Donald MacBride
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
![Margaret Hayes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309517_97e2e7.jpg)
Margaret Hayes
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Saboteur (1942)
![Moroni Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298409_d4a028.jpg)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Arthur Loft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053809_59c5ae.jpg)
Arthur Loft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
George Meader
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Dane Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396148_7b6fc7.jpg)
Dane Clark
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Norma Varden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318026_8b7906.jpg)
Norma Varden
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
![Chuck Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/354/159354314_9d0f46.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Tom Dugan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873605_cd34c1.jpg)
Tom Dugan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Edmund Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505377_72c895.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)