1942 • NR • 1h 21m
6.9/10
(166 users) 
Overview
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bill Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
6.9/10
(166 users) Cast / Crew 
Veronica Lake Ellen Graham 
Robert Preston Det. Michael Crane 
Laird Cregar Willard Gates 
Alan Ladd Philip Raven 
Tully Marshall Alvin Brewster 
Marc Lawrence Tommy 
Olin Howland Blair Fletcher 
Roger Imhof Senator Burnett 
Pamela Blake Annie 
Frank Ferguson Albert Baker 
Victor Kilian Drew 
Patricia Farr Ruby 
Harry Shannon Steve Finnerty 
Charles C. Wilson Police Captain 
Mikhail Rasumny Slukey 
Frank Tuttle Director 
Graham Greene Novel 
Albert Maltz Screenplay 
W.R. Burnett Screenplay 
Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer David Buttolph Original Music Composer 
John F. Seitz Director of Photography Archie Marshek Editor Hans Dreier Art Direction Robert Usher Art Direction 
Wally Westmore Makeup Department Head 
Edith Head Costume Design Frank Tuttle Additional Writing Richard Blumenthal Associate Producer George Templeton Assistant Director
Veronica Lake Ellen Graham Robert Preston Det. Michael Crane Laird Cregar Willard Gates Alan Ladd Philip Raven Tully Marshall Alvin Brewster Marc Lawrence Tommy Olin Howland Blair Fletcher Roger Imhof Senator Burnett Pamela Blake Annie Frank Ferguson Albert Baker Victor Kilian Drew Patricia Farr Ruby Harry Shannon Steve Finnerty Charles C. Wilson Police Captain Mikhail Rasumny Slukey Frank Tuttle Director Graham Greene Novel Albert Maltz Screenplay W.R. Burnett Screenplay Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer David Buttolph Original Music Composer John F. Seitz Director of Photography Archie Marshek Editor Hans Dreier Art Direction Robert Usher Art Direction Wally Westmore Makeup Department Head Edith Head Costume Design Frank Tuttle Additional Writing Richard Blumenthal Associate Producer George Templeton Assistant Director 
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