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Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
Keywords
bible
film noir
Casts

George Raft
Johnny Torno

Virginia Mayo
Carla North

Gene Lockhart
Warni Hazard

Raymond Burr
Nick Cherney

Harry Morgan
Rocky

Barton MacLane
Detective Strecker

Arthur Franz
Fr. Jess Torno

Ken Murray
Ken Murray

Stanley Clements
Carlson Hotel Bellhop

William Frawley
Hotel Night Clerk

Arthur Shields
Father Redmond

Frank Orth
Wallace 'Wally' Stoner

Phillip Pine
Pablo Cabrillo

William Phillips
Det. Jim Ryan

Movita
Trina (uncredited)

Victor Sen Yung
Vincent (uncredited)

Claire Carleton
Waitress (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen
Bookie (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Robert Espinoza
Miguel (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Reporter at Airport (uncredited)

Paul Frees
Bellhop (uncredited)

Mack Gray
Bookie (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)

Al Hill
Burt (uncredited)
Bob Jellison
Man in Hotel Room (uncredited)

Soledad Jiménez
Pablo's Mother (uncredited)

Phyllis Kennedy
Chambermaid (uncredited)

Joe Kirk
Reporter in Newsreel (uncredited)
David Leonard
Man Reading Bible (uncredited)

Knox Manning
Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Edwin Max
Bert Adams (uncredited)

Sol Murgi
Convict (uncredited)

Simon Oakland
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Overman
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Red's Helper (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Red (uncredited)
John Wald
Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
Crews
Charles Grayson
Additional Dialogue
George Callahan
Screenplay
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Richard V. Heermance
Editor

Roy Del Ruth
Director

Don 'Red' Barry
Story

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer

Roy Del Ruth
Producer
Joe Kaufmann
Associate Producer
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
Edward R. Robinson
Set Decoration
Joe C. Gilpin
Production Manager

Robert Aldrich
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Mel Dellar
Assistant Director

D. Ross Lederman
Second Unit Director
Frank McWhorter
Sound Recordist
Frank Webster
Sound Recordist
Robert H. Moreland
Special Effects
James Van Trees
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jack Masters
Wardrobe Master

Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Director
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Herbert Taylor
Orchestrator
Backdrops & Posters





