Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
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Edmond O'Brien as Jim Reardon
Burt Lancaster as 'Swede' Andersen
Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker as Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene as Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett as Charleston
Virginia Christine as Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert as 'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Charles D. Brown as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Donald MacBride as R.S. Kenyon
Charles McGraw as Al
William Conrad as Max
Jeff Corey as Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Gino Corrado as Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Howard Freeman as Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Charles Middleton as Farmer (uncredited)
Queenie Smith as Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham as Police Driver (uncredited)
William Ruhl as Fran (uncredited)
Ernie Adams as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
George Anderson as Jail Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Sam Ash as (uncredited)
Frank Baker as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Cross as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Sam Harris as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Lomas as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Tornek as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
John Sheehan as Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mike Lally as Party Guest (uncredited)
John Berkes as Mr. Plunther (uncredited)
Edward Biby as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Robert Haines as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
George Hoagland as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Florence Wix as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Harry Brown as Paymaster (uncredited)
Phil Brown as Nick Adams (uncredited)
James Conaty as Onlooker at Green Cat (uncredited)
Noel Cravat as Lou Tingle (uncredited)
Neal Dodd as Minister (uncredited)
Mike Donovan as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Dick Gordon as Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Nolan Leary as Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
Michael Hale as Pete (uncredited)
Harry Hayden as George (uncredited)
Mark Hellinger as Man Drinking at Bar (uncredited)
Al Hill as Disgruntled Diner Patron (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Passerby Outside Theatre / Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Paul Kruger as Reporter (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Perc Launders as Policeman (uncredited)
Howard Negley as Policeman (uncredited)
Vera Lewis as Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
Therese Lyon as Mrs. Grimes (uncredited)
John Miljan as Jake the Rake (uncredited)
Garry Owen as Joe Smalley (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts as Nurse (uncredited)
Wally Rose as Bartender (uncredited)
Wallace Scott as Charlie (uncredited)
Ann Staunton as Stella (uncredited)
Milton Wallace as Waiter (uncredited)
Bill Walker as Sam (uncredited)
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