Cast (36)

Ralph Meeker

Mike Hammer

Albert Dekker

Dr. G.E. Soberin

Paul Stewart

Carl Evello

Juano Hernández

Eddie Yeager

Wesley Addy

Lt. Pat Murphy

Marian Carr

Friday

Maxine Cooper

Velda

Cloris Leachman

Christina Bailey

Gaby Rodgers

Lily Carver

Nick Dennis

Nick

Jack Lambert

Sugar Smallhouse

Jack Elam

Charlie Max

Jerry Zinneman

Sammy

Leigh Snowden

Cheesecake

Percy Helton

Doc Kennedy

Marjorie Bennett

Manager

Strother Martin

Harvey Wallace

John George

Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)

Fortunio Bonanova

Carmen Trivago

Nat King Cole

Self - Singer (voice)

Kitty White

Club Vocalist

Mady Comfort

Nightclub Singer

Art Loggins

Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Sherman

Gas Station Man (uncredited)

Eddie Beal

Sideman (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)

Mort Marshall

Ray Diker

James McCallion

Horace

Robert Cornthwaite

FBI Agent

Silvio Minciotti

Mover

Ben Morris

Radio Announcer

Paul Richards

Attacker

Jesslyn Fax

Horace's Wife

James Seay

FBI Agent

Sam Balter

Radio Announcer (voice)

Joe Hernandez

Radio Announcer (voice)

Crew (13)

Mickey Spillane

Novel

Robert Aldrich

Director

A.I. Bezzerides

Screenplay

Robert Aldrich

Producer

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Michael Luciano

Editor

Victor Saville

Executive Producer

Jack Solomon

Sound Designer

Robert J. Schiffer

Makeup Artist

William Glasgow

Art Direction

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Helen Gailey

Script Supervisor

Frank De Vol

Original Music Composer