"In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him."
Robert Montgomery
as Matt Saxon
Susan Hayward
as Janet Busch
John Payne
as Eric Busch
Audrey Totter
as Alma Wragg
Harry Morgan
as Hermy
Harry von Zell
as Zack Humber
Cara Williams
as Dolly Humber
Chill Wills
as Captain Chatham
Heather Angel
as Vivian Saxon
John Baragrey
as Peter Stanhope
Fay Baker
as Mrs. Noble
Barbara Billingsley
as Mrs. Maddox
Peter Brocco
as Cyril Leatham
Curt Conway
as Jack Bernard
Addison Richards
as Abel Richman
Archie Twitchell
as Mr. Maddox
Maris Wrixon
as Mrs. McCarthy
Philip Van Zandt
as Chris
Lomax Study
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
as Reception Nurse
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Ted Offenbecker
Set Decoration
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Russell A. Gausman
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Mary Kay Dodson
Costume Design
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Glenn E. Anderson
Frederic Wakeman
Novel
Claude Binyon
Screenplay
Director
John Hambleton
Coordinating Producer
Frank Shaw
Assistant Director
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Nick Castle
Choreographer
David Tamkin
Orchestrator
David S. Horsley
Special Effects
Walter Scharf
Original Music Composer
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist