"Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister."
Humphrey Bogart
as Richard Mason
Alexis Smith
as Evelyn Turner
Sydney Greenstreet
as Mark Hamilton
Rose Hobart
as Kathryn Mason
Charles Drake
as Norman Holsworth
Grant Mitchell
as Dr. Grant
Patrick O'Moore
as Egan
Ann Shoemaker
as Nora Grant
Edwin Stanley
as Phillips (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Freston (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Guest at Rainbow Lodge (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
as Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited)
John Harmon
as Pickpocket (uncredited)
Mary Servoss
as Apartment Owner (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Curtis Bernhardt
Director
William Jacobs
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Arthur T. Horman
Screenplay
Dwight Taylor
Robert Siodmak
Original Story
Alfred Neumann
David Weisbart
Editor
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Ted Smith
Art Direction
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Roy Davidson
Special Effects
Hans F. Koenekamp
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer
Jerome Moross
Music Arranger
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography