Summary
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
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Cast
Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon
Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen
Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins
Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax
Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky
Vince Barnett
Charleston
Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky
Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke
Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon
Charles McGraw
Al
William Conrad
Max
Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Police Driver (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Sam Ash
(uncredited)
John Sheehan
Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Berkes
Mr. Plunther (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Phil Brown
Nick Adams (uncredited)
Noel Cravat
Lou Tingle (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
George (uncredited)
Al Hill
Disgruntled Diner Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Passerby Outside Theatre / Green Cat Patron (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Reporter (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Policeman (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
John Miljan
Jake the Rake (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Joe Smalley (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Sam (uncredited)