"A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself."
Broderick Crawford
as Mark Chapman
Donna Reed
as Julie Allison
John Derek
as Steve McCleary
Rosemary DeCamp
as Charlotte Grant
Henry O'Neill
as Charlie Barnes
Harry Morgan
as Biddle
James Millican
as Lieutenant Davis
Griff Barnett
as Elroy Hacker
Jonathan Hale
as Frank Madison
Jay Adler
as Bailey (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Shirley Ballard
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
as Pete (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
as NY Express Board Member (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
as Barfly (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
as Stockholder (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Ida Moore
as Needle Nellie
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Allison
Kathryn Card
as Mrs. Rawley
Victoria Horne
as Mary
Harry Hines
as Barfly
Eugene Ling
Screenplay
James Poe
Phil Karlson
Director
Samuel Fuller
Novel
Ted Sherdeman
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Edward Small
Producer
George Duning
Original Music Composer
Robert Peterson
Art Direction
Jerome Thoms
Editor
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Frederick Briskin
Assistant Director
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Jack A. Goodrich
Sound Engineer
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
