Glenn Ford as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh

Lee Marvin as Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan as Bertha Duncan

Alexander Scourby as Mike Lagana

Jocelyn Brando as Katie Bannion

Peter Whitney as Tierney

Willis Bouchey as Lt. Ted Wilks

Robert Burton as Det. Gus Burke

Adam Williams as Larry Gordon

Carolyn Jones as Doris

Howard Wendell as Police Commissioner Higgins

Chris Alcaide as George Rose

Michael Granger as Hugo

Dorothy Green as Lucy Chapman

Ric Roman as Baldy

Dan Seymour as Mr. Atkins

Edith Evanson as Selma Parker

Harry Lauter as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

Michael Ross as Segal (uncredited)

Phil Arnold as Retreat Waiter (uncredited)

Sidney Clute as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers as Retreat Patron (uncredited)

Linda Bennett as Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

Charles Cane as Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)

Byron Kane as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

John Close as Policeman (uncredited)

Phil Chambers as Hettrick (uncredited)

John Crawford as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)

John Doucette as Mark Reiner (uncredited)

Al Eben as Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)

Douglas Evans as Councilman Gillen (uncredited)

Fritz Ford as Sailor (uncredited)

Donald Kerr as Cabby (uncredited)

Lyle Latell as Moving Man (uncredited)

John Merton as Man (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope as Lagana's Butler (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton as Martin (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney as Dixon (uncredited)

Laura Mason as B-Girl (uncredited)

Paul Maxey as George Fuller (uncredited)

Joseph Mell as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Patrick Miller as Intern (uncredited)

William Murphy as Reds (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule as Mrs Tucker (uncredited)

Norma Randall as Jill (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson as Bill Rutherford (uncredited)

William Vedder as Janitor (uncredited)