A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.
Cast
Glenn Ford
Jeff Warren
Gloria Grahame
Vicki Buckley
Broderick Crawford
Carl Buckley
Edgar Buchanan
Alec Simmons
Kathleen Case
Ellen Simmons
Peggy Maley
Jean
Diane DeLaire
Vera Simmons
Grandon Rhodes
John Owens
Dan Seymour
Bartender
John Pickard
Matt Henley
Paul Brinegar
Brakeman
Dan Riss
Prosecutor Gruber
John Zaremba
Russell
Carl Lee
John Thurston
Olan Soule
Lewis
Crew
Fritz Lang
Director
Alfred Hayes
Writer
Émile Zola
Novel
Aaron Stell
Editor
William A. Lyon
Editor
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Milton Feldman
Assistant Director
Lewis J. Rachmil
Producer
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist
John P. Livadary
Sound, Recording Supervision
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Morris Stoloff
Conductor
Robert Peterson
Art Direction
