A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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James Cagney | Cody Jarrett |
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Virginia Mayo | Verna Jarrett |
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Edmond O'Brien | Hank Fallon aka Vic Pardo |
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Margaret Wycherly | Ma Jarrett |
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Steve Cochran | Big Ed Somers |
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John Archer | Philip Evans |
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Wally Cassell | Cotton Valletti |
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Fred Clark | The Trader aka Winston |
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Joel Allen | Operative |
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Claudia Barrett | Cashier |
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Ray Bennett | Guard |
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Marshall Bradford | Chief of Police |
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Chet Brandenburg | Convict |
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John Butler | Motorist at Gas Station |
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Robert Carson | Agent at Directional Map |
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Bill Cartledge | Car-Hop at Drive-In Theatre |
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Bill Clark | Guard |
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Leo Cleary | Railroad Fireman |
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Fred Coby | Happy Taylor |
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Tom Coleman | Court Officer |
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G. Pat Collins | The Reader |
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Bing Conley | Convict |
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Garrett Craig | Ted Clark |
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Herschel Daugherty | Policeman |
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Aline Towne | Margaret Baxter |
Director | Raoul Walsh |
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Writer | Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Virginia Kellogg | |
Producer | Louis F. Edelman | |
Musician | Max Steiner | |
Photography | Sidney Hickox |