"A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer."
Ida Lupino
as Mary Malden
Robert Ryan
as Jim Wilson
Ward Bond
as Walter Brent
Charles Kemper
as Pop Daley
Anthony Ross
as Pete Santos
Ed Begley
as Capt. Brawley
Ian Wolfe
as Sheriff Carrey
Sumner Williams
as Danny Malden
Gus Schilling
as Lucky
Frank Ferguson
as Willows
Cleo Moore
as Myrna Bowers
Olive Carey
as Mrs. Brent
Richard Irving
as Bernie Tucker
Patricia Prest
as Julie Brent
Frank Arnold
as Man (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
as George (uncredited)
Leslie Bennett
as Newsboy (uncredited)
A.I. Bezzerides
as Gatos (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
John Breen
as Waiter (uncredited)
William Challee
as Thug (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
as Detective (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
as Sgt. Wendell (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Bartender (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson
Don Dillaway
Art Dupuis
Jim Drum
as Stretcher-Bearer (uncredited)
Nicholas Ray
Adaptation
Screenplay
Gerald Butler
Novel
John Houseman
Producer
Sid Rogell
Executive Producer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
George E. Diskant
Director of Photography
Roland Gross
Editor
Phil Brigandi
Sound
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Landon Arnett
Assistant Camera
Ollie Sigurdson
Still Photographer
S.H. Barton
Gaffer
Ralph Wildman
Grip
Virginia Majewski
Musician
Harold E. Stine
Special Effects
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Ralph Berger
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Harley Miller
Clem Portman
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Cecil Shephard
Cableman
Director