"Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan."
Richard Widmark
as Harry Fabian
Francis L. Sullivan
as Philip Nosseross
Gene Tierney
as Mary Bristol
Googie Withers
as Helen Nosseross
Stanislaus Zbyszko
as Gregorius
Herbert Lom
as Kristo
Hugh Marlowe
as Adam Dunn
Mike Mazurki
as The Strangler
Charles Farrell
as Mickey Beer
Ada Reeve
as Molly
Ken Richmond
as Nikolas
Alan Tilvern
as Beggar (uncredited)
Derek Blomfield
as Young Policeman (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ernest Butcher
as Bert, Street Musician (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
as Thug (uncredited)
Naomi Chance
as Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
Edward Chapman
as Hoskins (uncredited)
Clifford Cobbe
Patricia Davidson
Maureen Delaney
as Anna O'Leary (uncredited)
Aubrey Dexter
as Fergus Chilk (uncredited)
Stanley Escane
as Man (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
as Bagrag, Bar Owner (uncredited)
Rex Garner
as Waiter (uncredited)
James Hayter
as Figler (uncredited)
George Hirste
Hamilton Keene
as Charles, American Bartender (uncredited)
Kay Kendall
as Helen's Girl (uncredited)
Hubert Leslie
as Nightwatchman (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Jack Mandeville
as Man in Alley (uncredited)
John Mann
Lew Marco
as Referee (uncredited)
Gibb McLaughlin
as Googin (uncredited)
MacDonald Parke
as American from Chicago (uncredited)
Frank Pettitt
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Charles Paton
as Watchman (uncredited)
Chunky Pattison
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Philip Ray
Eddy Reed
John Rudling
Harold Sanderson
as Man at Wrestling Match (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
as Cashier (uncredited)
Betty Shale
as Mrs. Pinkney (uncredited)
John Sharp
Leonard Sharp
Ray St. Bernard
as The Strangler's Opponent (uncredited)
Tony Sympson
as Cozen (uncredited)
Harry Terry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
C. Denier Warren
Freddie Watts
Brian Weske
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Russell Westwood
as Yosh (uncredited)
Jules Dassin
Director
Jo Eisinger
Screenplay
Gerald Kersh
Novel
Samuel G. Engel
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
C.P. Norman
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Frankel
Austin Dempster
Writer
William E. Watts
Nick DeMaggio
Editor
Sidney Stone
David Aylott
Makeup Artist
Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
Roger Heman Sr.
Anthony Hearne
First Assistant Director
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Eric Allwright
Assistant Makeup Artist
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Iris Tilley
Percy Hermes
Unit Manager
Ronald Kinnoch
Production Manager
Bert Pearl
Assistant Production Manager
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
Douglas Hermes
Second Assistant Director
Assistant Director
George Mills
Peter Mullins
George Beech
Draughtsman
Ted Clements
Assistant Art Director
Peter Murton
Hugh Strain
Sound Assistant
Kevin Sutton
Charles Van der Goor
Sound
Hal Britten
Camera Operator
V. Butler
Grip
Eddie Earp
Clapper Loader
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
John Street
Godfrey A. Godar
Focus Puller
Jo Jago
Additional Director of Photography
Walter Lassally
David Oxenham
A. Southall
Joe Vincent
John Jones
Casting Assistant
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Margaret Furse
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Evelyn Gibbs
Wardrobe Master
Arthur Newman
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Bernard Mayers
Cyril J. Mockridge
Eric Rogers
Arthur Allighan
Unit Publicist
Ernest Betts
Publicist
R. E. Dearing
Producer's Assistant
Noreen Hipwell
Production Secretary
Technical Advisor
Peggy McClafferty
Continuity