"With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster."
Humphrey Bogart
as Ed Hutcheson
Ethel Barrymore
as Margaret Garrison
Kim Hunter
as Nora Hutcheson
Ed Begley
as Frank Allen
Warren Stevens
as George Burrows
Paul Stewart
as Harry Thompson
Martin Gabel
as Tomas Rienzi
Joe De Santis
as Herman Schmidt
Joyce Mackenzie
as Katherine Garrison Geary
Audrey Christie
as Mrs. Willebrandt
Fay Baker
as Alice Garrison Courtney
Jim Backus
as Jim Cleary
Parley Baer
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
as Man Asking for Ed Hutcheson (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
as Henry (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
as Larry Hansen (uncredited)
John Doucette
as Hal (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
as Rienzi's Associate (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
as Lawrence White (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
as Fenway (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Paul Maxey
as Senator (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski
as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
Fay Roope
as Judge (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
as Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Marjorie Holliday
as
James Dean
as Press Boy (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
as Woman (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
William Forrest
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
as Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as Doctor Emanuel (uncredited)
as Day Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
as Bill (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Williams (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Ann McCrea
as Sally Gardner (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Lugerman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Howard Negley
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Emerson Treacy
as City Editor (uncredited)
Jesse White
Mack Williams
Barton Yarborough
as Male Secretary (uncredited)
Carleton Young
as Crane (uncredited)
Richard Brooks
Director
Writer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
Sol Kaplan
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
William B. Murphy
Editor
Joe Connors
Stand In
Kay Thackery
Script Supervisor
Lionel Newman
Music Director
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Bernard Mayers
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Buddy Longworth
Still Photographer
Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
E. Clayton Ward
Richard Maybery
Assistant Director
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Elois Jenssen
Costume Designer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
George Patrick
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler