Dana Andrews as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

Gene Tierney as Morgan Taylor

Bert Freed as Det. Sgt. Paul Klein

Gary Merrill as Tommy Scalise

Karl Malden as Det. Lt. Thomas

Tom Tully as Jiggs Taylor

Ruth Donnelly as Martha

Craig Stevens as Ken Paine

Fred Aldrich as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

Tom Coleman as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

Ian MacDonald as Detective Casey (uncredited)

John McGuire as Detective Gertessen (uncredited)

Clarence Straight as Detective (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams as Detective (uncredited)

Phil Tully as Det. Ted Benson, 16th Precinct (uncredited)

Don Appell as Willie Bender (uncredited)

Tony Barr as Hoodlum (uncredited)

John Daheim as Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited)

Neville Brand as Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton as Joe, Scalise Hood (uncredited)

Lou Nova as Ernie, Scalise Hood (uncredited)

Eddie Borden as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

Barry Brooks as Thug (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Railroad Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

Oleg Cassini as Oleg the Fashion Designer (uncredited)

John Close as Hanson (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper as Police Desk Sergeant Murphy (uncredited)

Charles Tannen as Police Radio Dispatcher #79 (voice) (uncredited)

Ray Spiker as Policeman (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing as Man at Dice Table / Passerby (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Passerby (uncredited)

Bob Evans as Sweatshirt (uncredited)

Robert Foulk as Fenney (uncredited)

Joseph Granby as Fat Man (uncredited)

Kathleen Hughes as Secretary (uncredited)

Lou Krugman as Mike Williams (uncredited)

Louise Lorimer as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Eda Reiss Merin as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)

Grayce Mills as Mrs. Tribaum, Paine's Landlady (uncredited)

Harry von Zell as Mr. Morrison (uncredited)

David McMahon as Harrington (uncredited)

Peggy O'Connor as Model (uncredited)

Shirley Tegge as Model (uncredited)

Robert Patten as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Stephen Roberts as Gilruth (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe as Friedman, Morgan's Employer (uncredited)

Robert F. Simon as Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited)

Larry Thompson as Riley (uncredited)

Chili Williams as Teddy (uncredited)

Mack Williams as Jerry Morris, Attorney (uncredited)

Anthony George as Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited)

David Bauer as Sid Kramer

Charles Flynn as Policeman Schwartz (uncredited)