After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Direction
Lang's camera despises every room it enters.
Acting
Gloria Grahame's scarred performance steals everything.
Cinematography
Black-and-white so sharp it'll cut you.
Director
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria Grahame
Debby Marsh
Lee Marvin
Vince Stone
Jeanette Nolan
Bertha Duncan
Alexander Scourby
Mike Lagana
Jocelyn Brando
Katie Bannion
Peter Whitney
Tierney
Willis Bouchey
Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
Det. Gus Burke
Adam Williams
Larry Gordon
Carolyn Jones
Doris
Howard Wendell
Police Commissioner Higgins
Chris Alcaide
George Rose
Michael Granger
Hugo
Dorothy Green
Lucy Chapman
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