"A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!"

1952

1h 12m

7.3(165 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

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Charles McGraw

Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

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Marie Windsor

Mrs. Frankie Neall

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Jacqueline White

Ann Sinclair

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Gordon Gebert

Tommy Sinclair

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Queenie Leonard

Mrs. Troll

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David Clarke

Joseph Kemp

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Peter Virgo

Densel

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Don Beddoe

Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes

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Paul Maxey

Sam Jennings

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Harry Harvey

Train Conductor

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Peter Brocco

Vincent Yost (uncredited)

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George Chandler

Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Don Haggerty

Det. Wilson (uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Tenant (uncredited)

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Walter Merrill

Officer Allen (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

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Ivan Browning

Waiter (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Tenant in Apartment House Hallway (uncredited)

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Don Dillaway

Reporter (uncredited)

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Clarence Hargrave

Waiter (uncredited)

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Art Howard

Commuter at Train Station (uncredited)

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Bobby Johnson

Redcap (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Johnny Lee

Waiter (uncredited)

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William A. Lee

Newsstand Owner (uncredited)

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Howard M. Mitchell

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Franklin Parker

Telegraph Attendant (uncredited)

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George Sawaya

Reporter (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Ray Spiker

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Jasper Weldon

Porter (uncredited)

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Napoleon Whiting

Redcap (uncredited)

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Bob Whitney

Commuter at Train Station (uncredited)

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