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Directed By
William Wyler
Director
Written By
Philip Yordan
screenplay
Robert Wyler
screenplay
Sidney Kingsley
based on the play by
Cast
Kirk Douglas
Det. James McLeod
Eleanor Parker
Mary McLeod
William Bendix
Det. Lou Brody
Cathy O'Donnell
Susan Carmichael
George Macready
Karl Schneider
Horace McMahon
Lt. Monaghan
Gladys George
Miss Hatch
Joseph Wiseman
Charley Gennini
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Gerald Mohr
Tami Giacoppetti
Frank Faylen
Det. Gallagher
Craig Hill
Arthur Kindred
Michael Strong
Lewis Abbott
Luis Van Rooten
Joe Feinson
Bert Freed
Det. Dakis
Warner Anderson
Endicott Sims
Grandon Rhodes
Det. O'Brien
William 'Bill' Phillips
Det. Pat Callahan
Russell Evans
Patrolman Barnes
Charles Campbell
Newspaper Photographer
Edmund Cobb
Ed
Ann Codee
French Woman
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Farragut
Pat Flaherty
Desk Sergeant
Harper Goff
Dave Gallantz
Howard Joslin
Patrolman Gus Keogh
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver
George Magrill
Policeman
Mike Mahoney
Det. Coleman
James Maloney
Albert R. Pritchett
Lee Miller
Policeman
Ralph Montgomery
Policeman Finney
Burt Mustin
Willie - Janitor
Jack Perry
Man in Custody
Robert S. Scott
Mulvey
Jack Shea
Desk Sergeant #2
Kay Wiley
Hysterical Woman
Produced By
Lester Koenig
associate producer
Robert Wyler
associate producer
William Wyler
producer
Cinematography
Lee Garmes
director of photography
John F. Seitz
Cinematographer
Sound
Leon Becker
sound supervisor
John Cope
sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach
sound recordist
Editing
Robert Swink
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Director
Hal Pereira
Set Design
Emile Kuri
Costumes
Edith Head
Costume Designer
Makeup
Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor
Del Armstrong
makeup artist
Lavaughn Speer
hair stylist
William Woods
makeup artist
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
process photography
Loyal Griggs
transparencies
Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
assistant director
Production Management
Don Robb
unit manager
Art Department
Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator
Other
John Shilling
technical advisor
Music Department
Miklós Rózsa
composer: stock music
Victor Young
composer: stock music
Costume Department
Joan Joseff
costume jeweller
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