"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
Samuel G. Engel
Producer
Gerald Kersh
Novel
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Jo Eisinger
Screenplay
C.P. Norman
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Benjamin Frankel
Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
William E. Watts
Writer
Austin Dempster
Nick DeMaggio
Editor
Sidney Stone
David Aylott
Makeup Artist
Roger Heman Sr.
Anthony Hearne
First Assistant Director
Arthur Allighan
Unit Publicist
Noreen Hipwell
Production Secretary
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Percy Hermes
Assistant Director
Arthur Newman
Wardrobe Master
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
R. E. Dearing
Producer's Assistant
Hugh Strain
Sound Assistant
Walter Lassally
Focus Puller
John Jones
Casting Assistant
Eric Rogers
Orchestrator
Technical Advisor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Casting
Bert Pearl
Assistant Production Manager
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
John Street
Second Assistant Director
Evelyn Gibbs
Iris Tilley
George Beech
Draughtsman
David Oxenham
Clapper Loader
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Ernest Betts
Publicist
Eric Allwright
Assistant Makeup Artist
Kevin Sutton
Jo Jago
Additional Director of Photography
Ronald Kinnoch
Production Manager
Peter Mullins
Assistant Art Director
V. Butler
Grip
A. Southall
Bernard Mayers
Third Assistant Director
Eddie Earp
Margaret Furse
Edward B. Powell
Jack N. Green
Joe Vincent
Weston Drury Jr.
Unit Manager
Godfrey A. Godar
Peggy McClafferty
Continuity
Peter Murton
Hal Britten
Camera Operator
Cyril J. Mockridge
George Mills
Ted Clements
Charles Van der Goor
Sound
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Douglas Hermes