Directed by:
Robert SiodmakCinematography:
Elwood BredellComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride (more)Plots(1)
Two killers role into a small town and kill a local gas-station attendant known as "The Swede" (Burt Lancaster), who seems to have been expecting their visit. An insurance investigator (Edmond O'Brien) on the case digs up the crime, betrayal, and involvement of a glamorous femme fatale (Ava Gardner) behind the ex-fighter's death. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Ava Gardner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267989_b91374.jpg)
Ava Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
![Edmond O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363763_89b8f5.png)
Edmond O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
White Heat (1949)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Albert Dekker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515874_c5f425.jpg)
Albert Dekker
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
![Sam Levene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455767_17e517.jpg)
Sam Levene
Russian Empire
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Vince Barnett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496842_f4803d.jpg)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
![Virginia Christine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576531_61b168.jpg)
Virginia Christine
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Jack Lambert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532756_f16909.jpg)
Jack Lambert
USA
Best movies:
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The Enforcer (1951)
![Charles D. Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011760_6d6ab6.jpg)
Charles D. Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
![Donald MacBride](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922842_e5890b.jpg)
Donald MacBride
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
![Charles McGraw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412640_ceb22e.jpg)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![William Conrad](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871826_65cb02.jpg)
William Conrad
USA
Best movies:
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![John Miljan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496802_f6e790.jpg)
John Miljan
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
If I Were King (1938)
Juarez (1939)
![Jeff Corey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/871/164871666_c9eb1b.png)
Jeff Corey
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Little Big Man (1970)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![Ernie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886814_8df218.jpg)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Bill Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025493_83d3bc.jpg)
Bill Walker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
![Gino Corrado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471074_8c3e28.jpg)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
Fury (1936)
![Charles Middleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471372_569e9d.jpg)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)