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Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Keywords
small town
gas station
suppressed past
gangster
detective
deaf-mute
briefcase
deception
femme fatale
partner
film noir
black and white
double cross
tax evasion
framed for murder
Casts
Robert Mitchum
Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Jane Greer
Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas
Whit Sterling
Paul Valentine
Joe Stephanos
Virginia Huston
Ann Miller
Rhonda Fleming
Meta Carson
Richard Webb
Jim
Steve Brodie
Jack Fisher
Dickie Moore
The Kid
Ken Niles
Leonard Eels
Mary Field
Marny (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Tillotson (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Canby Miller (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Sheriff (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Lou (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Bill Wallace
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Bly
Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited)
James Bush
Doorman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Adda Gleason
Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
Philip Morris
The Porter (uncredited)
Manuel París
Croupier (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
Man with Eunice (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)
Charles Regan
Mystery Man (uncredited)
Tony Roux
Jose Rodriguez (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Rafferty (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Crews
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Daniel Mainwaring
Screenplay
Warren Duff
Producer
Robert Sparks
Executive Producer
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Russell A. Cully
Special Effects
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Daniel Mainwaring
Novel
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
James M. Cain
Additional Writing
Frank Fenton
Additional Writing
Lynn Shores
Second Unit Director
Earl Harper
Assistant Director
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Mel Berns
Makeup Department Head
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
James H. Anderson
Unit Manager
Clem Portman
Sound
Francis M. Sarver
Sound
Linwood G. Dunn
Special Effects
Boyd Cabeen
Stand In
Margery Gutterman
Stand In
Robert De Grasse
Additional Photography
Backdrops & Posters
