Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham

Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat

Kirk Douglas as Whit Sterling

Paul Valentine as Joe Stephanos

Virginia Huston as Ann Miller

Rhonda Fleming as Meta Carson

Richard Webb as Jim

Steve Brodie as Jack Fisher

Dickie Moore as The Kid

Ken Niles as Leonard Eels

Mary Field as Marny (uncredited)

Oliver Blake as Tillotson (uncredited)

Harry Hayden as Canby Miller (uncredited)

Theresa Harris as Eunice Leonard (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox as Sheriff (uncredited)

John Kellogg as Lou (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)

Homer Dickenson as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)

Mike Lally as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)

Bill Wallace as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco as Mexican Waiter (uncredited)

Victor Romito as Mexican Waiter (uncredited)

Wesley Bly as Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd as Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited)

James Bush as Doorman (uncredited)

James Conaty as Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)

Alphonso DuBois as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Rudy Germane as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Adda Gleason as Mrs. Miller (uncredited)

Philip Morris as The Porter (uncredited)

Manuel París as Croupier (uncredited)

Caleb Peterson as Man with Eunice (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)

Charles Regan as Mystery Man (uncredited)

Tony Roux as Jose Rodriguez (uncredited)

Wallace Scott as Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell as Rafferty (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert as Casino Patron (uncredited)