Synopsis
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Cast

Edmond O'Brien
Jim Reardon

Burt Lancaster
'Swede' Andersen

Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins

Albert Dekker
Big Jim Colfax

Sam Levene
Lt. Sam Lubinsky

Vince Barnett
Charleston

Virginia Christine
Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

Jack Lambert
'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Charles D. Brown
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

Donald MacBride
R.S. Kenyon

Charles McGraw
Al

William Conrad
Max

Jeff Corey
Blinky Franklin (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Restaurant Chef (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Howard Freeman
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)

Charles Middleton
Farmer (uncredited)

Queenie Smith
Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham
Police Driver (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Fran (uncredited)

Ernie Adams
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
George Anderson
Jail Ward Doctor (uncredited)

Sam Ash
(uncredited)

Frank Baker
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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