
| Dana Andrews | ... | Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon (16th Precinct) |

| Gene Tierney | ... | Morgan Taylor(Paine) |
 | Gary Merrill | ... | Tommy Scalise |
 | Bert Freed | ... | Det. Sgt. Paul Klein (Dixon's partner) |
 | Tom Tully | ... | Jiggs Taylor, Morgan's Father |

| Karl Malden | ... | Det. Lt. Thomas (16th Precinct Detectives commander) |
 | Ruth Donnelly | ... | Martha, Owner of Martha's Cafe |
 | Craig Stevens | ... | Ken Paine |
| reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique: |
 | Herbert Lytton | ... | Joe, Scalise Hood (scenes deleted) |
 | Fred Aldrich | ... | Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited) |
 | Don Appell | ... | Willie Bender (uncredited) |
 | Tony Barr | ... | Hoodlum (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Borden | ... | Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) |
 | Neville Brand | ... | Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited) |
 | Barry Brooks | ... | Thug (uncredited) |
 | Ralph Brooks | ... | Railroad Baggage Clerk (uncredited) |

| Oleg Cassini | ... | Oleg the Fashion Designer (uncredited) |
 | John Close | ... | Hanson (uncredited) |
 | Tom Coleman | ... | Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited) |
 | Clancy Cooper | ... | Police Desk Sergeant Murphy (uncredited) |
 | John Daheim | ... | Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited) |
 | Sayre Dearing | ... | Man at Dice Table / Passerby (uncredited) |
 | Bob Evans | ... | Sweatshirt (uncredited) |
 | Charles Flynn | ... | Policeman Schwartz (uncredited) |
 | Robert Foulk | ... | Fenney (uncredited) |
 | Anthony George | ... | Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited) |
 | Joseph Granby | ... | Fat Man (uncredited) |
 | Chuck Hamilton | ... | Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited) |

| Kathleen Hughes | ... | Secretary (uncredited) |
 | Lou Krugman | ... | Mike Williams (uncredited) |
 | Louise Lane | ... | Secretary (uncredited) |
 | Louise Lorimer | ... | Mrs. Jackson (uncredited) |
 | Ian MacDonald | ... | Detective Casey (uncredited) |
 | John Marshall | ... | Police Detective (uncredited) |
 | John McGuire | ... | Detective Gertessen (uncredited) |

| David McMahon | ... | Harrington (uncredited) |
 | Eda Reiss Merin | ... | Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited) |
 | Grayce Mills | ... | Mrs. Tribaum, Paine's Landlady (uncredited) |
 | Lou Nova | ... | Ernie, Scalise Hood (uncredited) |
 | Peggy O'Connor | ... | Model (uncredited) |
 | Robert Patten | ... | Medical Examiner (uncredited) |
 | Gil Perkins | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
 | 'Snub' Pollard | ... | Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) |

| Stephen Roberts | ... | Gilruth (uncredited) |
 | Lester Sharpe | ... | Friedman, Morgan's Employer (uncredited) |
 | Robert F. Simon | ... | Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited) |
 | Wanda Smith | ... | Model (uncredited) |
 | Bert Stevens | ... | Passerby (uncredited) |
 | Clarence Straight | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Charles Tannen | ... | Police Radio Dispatcher #79 (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Shirley Tegge | ... | Model (uncredited) |
 | Larry Thompson | ... | Riley (uncredited) |
 | John Trebach | ... | Bartender (uncredited) |
 | Phil Tully | ... | Det. Ted Benson, 16th Precinct (uncredited) |
 | Harry von Zell | ... | Ted Morrison, Man killed at Scalise's place (uncredited) |
 | Duke Watson | ... | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
 | Chili Williams | ... | Teddy (uncredited) |
 | Mack Williams | ... | Jerry Morris, Attorney (uncredited) |
 | Robert Williams | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | David Wolfe | ... | Sid Kramer, Scalise Hood (uncredited) |