Directed by:
Fritz LangScreenplay:
Sydney BoehmCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Henry VarsCast:
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell (more)VOD (2)
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A hard boiled and uncorruptable cop single handedly investigates a string of murders leading to the exposition of an organized crime cartel. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Glenn Ford
Canada
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Gloria Grahame
USA
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Jocelyn Brando
USA
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Alexander Scourby
USA
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Lee Marvin
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Jeanette Nolan
USA
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Peter Whitney
USA
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Willis Bouchey
USA
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Adam Williams
USA
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Howard Wendell
USA
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Carolyn Jones
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Dan Seymour
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John Doucette
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Harry Lauter
USA
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Charles Cane
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Donald Kerr
USA
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Michael Jeffers
UK
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John Crawford
USA
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Dorothy Green
USA
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Ric Roman
USA
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