"Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan."
Richard Widmark
as Harry Fabian
Francis L. Sullivan
as Philip Nosseross
Gene Tierney
as Mary Bristol
Googie Withers
as Helen Nosseross
Stanislaus Zbyszko
as Gregorius
Herbert Lom
as Kristo
Hugh Marlowe
as Adam Dunn
Mike Mazurki
as The Strangler
Charles Farrell
as Mickey Beer
Ada Reeve
as Molly
Ken Richmond
as Nikolas
Alan Tilvern
as Beggar (uncredited)
Derek Blomfield
as Young Policeman (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ernest Butcher
as Bert, Street Musician (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
as Thug (uncredited)
Naomi Chance
as Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
Edward Chapman
as Hoskins (uncredited)
Clifford Cobbe
Patricia Davidson
Maureen Delaney
as Anna O'Leary (uncredited)
Aubrey Dexter
as Fergus Chilk (uncredited)
Stanley Escane
as Man (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
as Bagrag, Bar Owner (uncredited)
Rex Garner
as Waiter (uncredited)
James Hayter
as Figler (uncredited)
George Hirste
Hamilton Keene
as Charles, American Bartender (uncredited)
Kay Kendall
as Helen's Girl (uncredited)
Hubert Leslie
as Nightwatchman (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Jack Mandeville
as Man in Alley (uncredited)
John Mann
Lew Marco
as Referee (uncredited)
Gibb McLaughlin
as Googin (uncredited)
MacDonald Parke
as American from Chicago (uncredited)
Frank Pettitt
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Charles Paton
as Watchman (uncredited)
Chunky Pattison
as Dwarf (uncredited)
Philip Ray
Eddy Reed
John Rudling
Harold Sanderson
as Man at Wrestling Match (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
as Cashier (uncredited)
Betty Shale
as Mrs. Pinkney (uncredited)
John Sharp
Leonard Sharp
Ray St. Bernard
as The Strangler's Opponent (uncredited)
Tony Sympson
as Cozen (uncredited)
Harry Terry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
C. Denier Warren
Freddie Watts
Brian Weske
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Russell Westwood
as Yosh (uncredited)
Jules Dassin
Director
Jo Eisinger
Screenplay
Samuel G. Engel
Producer
Gerald Kersh
Novel
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
C.P. Norman
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Frankel
Austin Dempster
Writer
Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
Sidney Stone
Editor
William E. Watts
Roger Heman Sr.
Nick DeMaggio
David Aylott
Makeup Artist
Anthony Hearne
First Assistant Director
Hal Britten
Camera Operator
Bert Pearl
Assistant Production Manager
Ted Clements
Draughtsman
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
Walter Lassally
Focus Puller
Technical Advisor
George Beech
Hugh Strain
Sound Assistant
John Jones
Casting Assistant
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Kevin Sutton
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Casting
Jo Jago
Additional Director of Photography
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
Percy Hermes
Unit Manager
George Mills
Assistant Director
Peter Mullins
David Oxenham
Clapper Loader
Margaret Furse
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Ernest Betts
Publicist
John Street
Second Assistant Director
Cyril J. Mockridge
Peggy McClafferty
Continuity
Charles Van der Goor
Sound
Eddie Earp
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Evelyn Gibbs
Wardrobe Master
Weston Drury Jr.
Peter Murton
Arthur Newman
Iris Tilley
Godfrey A. Godar
A. Southall
Grip
Joe Vincent
Bernard Mayers
R. E. Dearing
Producer's Assistant
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Eric Rogers
Assistant Art Director
Noreen Hipwell
Production Secretary
Eric Allwright
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ronald Kinnoch
Production Manager
Douglas Hermes
V. Butler
Arthur Allighan
Unit Publicist