"In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman."
Cornel Wilde
as Dave Connors
Linda Darnell
as Algeria Wedge
Anne Baxter
as Julia Norman
Kirk Douglas
as Tucker Wedge
Ann Dvorak
as Belle Connors
Marjorie Rambeau
as Mrs. Dunham
Henry Hull
as Jefferson Norman
Colleen Townsend
as Marjorie Ransome
Barton MacLane
as Rufus J. "Gotch" McCurdy
Griff Barnett
as Judge Hutto
William Tracy
as Cully Caxton
Art Baker
as Peddigrew
Patricia Morison
as Lucy Landon
Frank Ferguson
as Tom Ransome
Helen Brown
as Mrs. Ransome
Edwin Maxwell
as Porter Grimes
Hope Landin
as Mrs. Hutto
Milton Parsons
as Joe Atkins
Oliver Blake
as Juror
Gene Nelson
as Legal Assistant
Ann Doran
as Gossip (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Tom Moore
as Man (uncredited)
Dan White
as Loafer (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
Russell Custer
as Juror (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Assistant Prosecutor (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Tough (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Adam McAdam (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Dick Rich
as Mulliken (uncredited)
Oliver Hartwell
as Bootblack (uncredited)
John M. Stahl
Director
Lamar Trotti
Producer
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
Allan Snyder
Assistant Makeup Artist
Alfred Newman
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Gladys Witten
Hair Designer
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
R.L. Hough
Production Manager
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Kay Nelson
Costume Design
Lyle R. Wheeler
Ann Kirk
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
James B. Clark
Editor
Paul S. Fox
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Alfred Bruzlin
Writer
Paul Wellman
Novel
Henry Vilardo