"A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder."
Edward G. Robinson
as Professor Richard Wanley
Joan Bennett
as Alice Reed
Raymond Massey
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Edmund Breon
as Dr. Michael Barkstane
Dan Duryea
as Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
Thomas E. Jackson
as Inspector Jackson
Dorothy Peterson
as Mrs. Wanley
Robert Blake
as Dickie Wanley
Arthur Loft
as Claude Mazard / Frank Howard / Charlie the Hatcheck Man
Frank Dawson
as Collins, the Steward
Iris Adrian
as Streetwalker (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
as Man at Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Don Brodie
as Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
as Blonde (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Eddy Chandler
as Police Driver (uncredited)
Freddie Chapman
as Boy with Mother (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
as Police Officer Dillon (uncredited)
Alec Craig
as Garage Man (uncredited)
Hal Craig
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Toll Collector on Henry Hudson Parkway (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Fred, the District Attorney's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Club Steward (uncredited)
James Harrison
Fred Graham
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
Fred Hueston
Sheldon Jett
Jack W. Johnston
Donald Kerr
as First Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Anne Loos
as Stenographer (uncredited)
George McFarland
as Boy Scout (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Charles Meakin
Frank Melton
Frank Mills
as Charlie the Garage Helper (uncredited)
Harold Minjir
Frances Morris
Wedgwood Nowell
Anne O'Neal
as Mother by Elevator (uncredited)
Louis Payne
Dave Pepper
as Club Member (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
as Club Manager (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
as William the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Arthur Space
as Captain Kennedy (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
Larry Steers
Fritz Lang
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
J.H. Wallis
Novel
Producer
Arthur Lange
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Music
Charles Maxwell
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Marjorie Fowler
Editor
Gene Fowler Jr.
Thomas Pratt
Additional Editing
Duncan Cramer
Art Direction
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Muriel King
Costume Design
Richard Harlan
Assistant Director
Paul K. Lerpae
Special Effects
Harry Redmond Jr.
Vernon L. Walker
Visual Effects
Harry Davis
Camera Operator
Paul Weatherwax
Editorial Coordinator
Earl B. Mounce
Ed Henderson
Still Photographer
Frank McWhorter
Sound
