"A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband."
John Garfield
as Frank Chambers
Lana Turner
as Cora Smith
Cecil Kellaway
as Nick Smith
Hume Cronyn
as Arthur Keats
Leon Ames
as Kyle Sackett
Audrey Totter
as Madge Gorland
Alan Reed
as Ezra Liam Kennedy
Jeff York
as Blair
Philip Ahlm
as Photographer (uncredited)
John Alban
Don Anderson
as Orderly Pushing Wheelchair (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
as Judge (uncredited)
King Baggot
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
as Customer (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
as Man (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
as Ben (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
as Reporter (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
James Darrell
Tom Dillon
as Father McConnell (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Doctor (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Warden (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Picnic Manager (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin
as John X. McHugh (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
as Willie (uncredited)
Robert Haines
William Halligan
Bud Harrison
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Officer (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Helen McLeod
Harold Miller
Howard M. Mitchell
Sandra Morgan
as Matron (uncredited)
George Noisom
as Telegraph Messenger (uncredited)
Garry Owen
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Dorothy Phillips
as Nurse (uncredited)
Dan Quigg
Virginia L. Randolph
as Snooty Woman (uncredited)
Paula Ray
as Woman (uncredited)
Hilda Rhodes
Walter Ridge
Jeffrey Sayre
Edgar Sherrod
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Brick Sullivan
John M. Sullivan
Charles Williams
Carey Wilson
Producer
Tay Garnett
Director
Harry Ruskin
Screenplay
George Bassman
Original Music Composer
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
James M. Cain
Novel
Niven Busch
George White
Editor
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Ted Duncan
Orchestrator
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Recording Supervision
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Randall Duell
Bill Lewis
Assistant Director
Marion Herwood Keyes
Costume Assistant
