"A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff."
Walter Pidgeon
as Haven D. Allridge
John Hodiak
as Charles 'Chick' Johnson
Audrey Totter
as Cleo Bethel
Paula Raymond
as Peggy Stauton
Thomas Gomez
as Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke
Cameron Mitchell
as Randloph 'Randy' Stauton
Karl Malden
as Capt. Buck Maxwell
Everett Sloane
as Nelson S. Tarsson
Jonathan Cott
as Deputy Edward 'Ned' Grayton
Frank Cady
as Bennie Amboy
Hugh Sanders
as Judge Neeler
Griff Barnett
as Atty. General J. R. Morrison
Burt Mustin
as Elk M. Ludens
Whit Bissell
as Wilfred Jackson
Gerald Mayer
Director
Nicholas Nayfack
Producer
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Matthew Rapf
Story
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Charles Palmer
Writer
George White
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Arthur Lonergan