Overview

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Cast

Victor Mature

Lt. Candella

Richard Conte

Martin Rome

Fred Clark

Lt Collins

Shelley Winters

Brenda Martingale

Betty Garde

Miss Pruett

Berry Kroeger

W. A. Niles

Tommy Cook

Tony Rome

Debra Paget

Teena Riconti

Hope Emerson

Rose Given

Roland Winters

Ledbetter

Walter Baldwin

Orvy

June Storey

Miss Boone, Nurse