Sinopse
Quando o inteligente criminoso Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider é libertado da prisão, ele procura um investidor de cinquenta mil dólares na casa de apostas Cobby para recrutar um pequeno grupo de especialistas e realizar um assalto de milhões de dólares de joias de uma joalheria. Doc é apresentado ao advogado Alonzo D. Emmerich, que se oferece para financiar toda a operação e comprar as pedras imediatamente após o roubo. Doc contrata o arrombador Louis Ciavelli, o motorista Gus Minissi e o pistoleiro Dix Handley para o assalto. No início, o plano funciona como um relógio, mas pequenos acidentes se acumulam e cada parceiro mostra ter sua própria fraqueza fatal. No fundo é um perverso e doentio submundo sujo.
Elenco
Sterling Hayden
Dix Handley
Louis Calhern
Alonzo D. Emmerich
Jean Hagen
Doll Conovan
James Whitmore
Gus Minissi
Sam Jaffe
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
John McIntire
Police Commissioner Hardy
Marc Lawrence
Cobby
Barry Kelley
Lieutenant Ditrich
Anthony Caruso
Louis Ciavelli
Teresa Celli
Maria Ciavelli
Marilyn Monroe
Angela Phinlay
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Timmons
Dorothy Tree
May Emmerich
Brad Dexter
Bob Brannom
John Maxwell
Dr. Swanson
Mary Anderson
Police Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Detective in Hardy's Office (uncredited)
David Bond
Father Sortine (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Man at Line-Up (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Night Clerk (uncredited)
Jean Carter
Woman (uncredited)
Mack Chandler
Gambler (uncredited)
David Clarke
Mr. Atkinson (uncredited)
John Cliff
Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Gambler (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Reporter (uncredited)
Henry Corden
Karl Anton Smith (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
Red - Boy in Diner (uncredited)
John Crawford
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Policeman (uncredited)
Gene Evans
Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Policeman (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
Maxwell (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Policeman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Detective Andrews (uncredited)
Eloise Hardt
Vivian (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
James X. Connery (uncredited)
Wesley Hopper
Policeman (uncredited)
