"A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client."
Spencer Tracy
as James P. Curtayne
Pat O’Brien
as Det. Vincent Ricks
Diana Lynn
as Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
John Hodiak
as District Attorney Louis Barra
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Sol 'Knuckles' Lanzetta
James Arness
as John Fordman 'Johnny' O'Hara
Yvette Duguay
as Mrs. Katrina Lanzetta
Jay C. Flippen
as Sven Norson
William Campbell
as Frank Korvac
Richard Anderson
as Jeff Chapman
Arthur Shields
as Mr. O'Hara
Louise Lorimer
as Mrs. Peg O'Hara
Henry O'Neill
as Judge Keating
Ann Doran
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
Emile Meyer
as Captain Tom Mulvaney
Regis Toomey
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. William Sheffield (as Katharine Warren)
John Albright
as Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Barr
as Little Wolfie (uncredited)
Richard Bartlett
as Tony Korvac (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Gambler (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
as Harry (uncredited)
Charles Bronson
as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Michael Tolan
as Vincent Korvac (as Lawrence Tolan) (uncredited)
Peter Mamakos
as James Korvac (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
as William Sheffield (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Preliminary Hearing Judge (uncredited)
Bill Fletcher
as Pete Korvac (uncredited)
Jack Kruschen
as Uniformed Detective (uncredited)
William Schallert
as Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
John Alton
Director of Photography
John Sturges
Director
Eleazar Lipsky
Novel
Carmen Dragon
Original Music Composer
Gene Ruggiero
Editor
John Monks Jr.
Writer
William H. Wright
Producer
