Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
Cast
John Payne
Rick Mason
Joan Caulfield
Deborah Owens Clark
Dan Duryea
Silky Randall
Shelley Winters
Tory
Dorothy Hart
Madeline
Richard Rober
Max
Dan O'Herlihy
Duke
Nicholas Joy
Walter Vanderline
Percy Helton
Charlie Jordan
Walter Greaza
Mr. Owens
Patricia Alphin
Waitress
Harry Antrim
Mr. McNulty
Russ Conway
Detective
Paul Brinegar
Mechanic
Don Wilson
Master of Ceremonies
Oliver Hartwell
Black Porter (uncredited)
Crew
George Sherman
Director
Herbert H. Margolis
Screenplay
William Bowers
Screenplay
Lou Morheim
Screenplay
Lois Eby
Novel
John Fleming
Novel
Frank Gross
Editor
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Jesse Hibbs
Assistant Director
Leonard Goldstein
Producer
Aaron Rosenberg
Associate Producer
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Leith Stevens
Music
Ted Offenbecker
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Richard H. Riedel
Art Direction
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