Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. A prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
Robert Mitchum | Captain Thomas McQuigg |
Lizabeth Scott | Irene Hayes |
Robert Ryan | Nick Scanlon |
William Talman | Officer Bob Johnson |
Ray Collins | Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh |
Joyce Mackenzie | Mary McQuigg |
Robert Hutton | Dave Ames ('City Press' cub reporter) |
Virginia Huston | Lucy Johnson |
William Conrad | Det. Sgt. Turk |
Walter Sande | Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney |
Les Tremayne | Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator) |
Don Porter | R.G. Connolly (ward boss) |