"You'll meet her at the roughest parties ...with the toughest guys in town!"

1958

1h 39m

6.8(67 votes)

Crime

Drama

Romance

Overview

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

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Cast & Crew

90 members

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Robert Taylor

Tommy Farrell

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Cyd Charisse

Vicki Gaye

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Lee J. Cobb

Rico Angelo

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John Ireland

Louis Canetto

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Kent Smith

Jeffrey Stewart

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Claire Kelly

Genevieve Farrell

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Corey Allen

Cookie La Motte

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Lewis Charles

Danny Rimett

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David Opatoshu

Lou Forbes

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Kem Dibbs

Joey Vulner

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Patrick McVey

Detective O'Malley

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Barbara Lang

Ginger D'Amour

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Myrna Hansen

Joy Hampton

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Betty Utey

Cindy Consuelo

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Leon Alton

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Hy Anzell

Man in Hall (uncredited)

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Herb Armstrong

Intern (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Steve Benton

Actor in Show (uncredited)

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Margaret Bert

Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

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Herman Boden

Speciality Dancer (uncredited)

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Peter Bourne

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Marshall Bradford

District Attorney (uncredited)

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Bob Calder

Speciality Dancer (uncredited)

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Pat Cawley

Farrell's Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

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Barrie Chase

Showgirl (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Porter (uncredited)

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Jack R. Clinton

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Gene Coogan

Juror (uncredited)

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Russell Custer

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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John Damler

Detective (uncredited)

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Jack Dodds

Speciality Dancer (uncredited)

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Burt Douglas

P.A. (voice) (uncredited)

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Michael Dugan

Jenks (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Party Guest (uncredited)

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John Franco

Hood (uncredited)

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David Garcia

Newsman (uncredited)

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Jack Gargan

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Ed Haskett

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Tom Hernández

Sketch Artist (uncredited)

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Harry Hines

Newsman (uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Juror (uncredited)

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Jimmie Horan

Juror (uncredited)

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Michael Jeffers

Apple Vendor (uncredited)

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Paul Keast

Judge Davers (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

Backstage Card Player (uncredited)

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Jack Lambert

Nick (uncredited)

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Rusty Lane

Judge John A. Davis (uncredited)

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Herbert Lytton

Judge Alfino (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Prospective Juror (uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Sam McDaniel

Jesse (uncredited)

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Harry Tom McKenna

Politician (uncredited)

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David McMahon

Jail Guard (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Juror (uncredited)

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Charles Morton

Juror (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

Party Guest at Rico's (uncredited)

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Maggie O'Byrne

Woman (uncredited)

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Sanita Pelkey

Showgirl (uncredited)

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Charles Perry

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Albert Petit

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Carmen Phillips

Rico's Secretary (uncredited)

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Michael Pierce

Henchman (uncredited)

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José Portugal

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Paul Power

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dolores Reed

Woman (uncredited)

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Edwin Rochelle

Mobster (uncredited)

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Benny Rubin

Mr. Field (uncredited)

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Georges Saurel

Hood (uncredited)

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Aaron Saxon

Frankie Gasto (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Jerry Schumacher

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Vito Scotti

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Floyd Simmons

Assistant Prosecutor (uncredited)

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Ralph Smiley

Venice Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)

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J. Lewis Smith

Juror (uncredited)

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Sydney Smith

Judge Bookwell (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Cashier (uncredited)

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Hal Taggart

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Vaughn Taylor

Dr. Caderman (uncredited)

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Carl Thayler

Henchman (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

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Herb Vigran

Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

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Erich von Stroheim Jr.

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Geraldine Wall

Day Matron (uncredited)

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Sandra Warner

Showgirl (uncredited)

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Guy Way

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Marc Wilder

Speciality Dancer (uncredited)

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Robert B. Williams

Jail Guard (uncredited)

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