Frank Sinatra

Frankie Machine

Eleanor Parker

Zosh Machine

Kim Novak

Molly

Arnold Stang

Sparrow

Darren McGavin

Louis

Robert Strauss

Schwiefka

George Mathews

Williams

John Conte

Drunky

Doro Merande

Vi

George E. Stone

Sam Markette

Emile Meyer

Detective Bednar

Shorty Rogers

Himself (uncredited)

Shelly Manne

Himself (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

Dominiwski

Frank Richards

Blind Barfly (uncredited)

Ralph Neff

Chester (uncredited)

Ernest Raboff

Bird-Dog (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

Vangie (uncredited)

Jered Barclay

Junkie in Lock-up (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

Taxi Driver in Lock-up (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Suspenders (uncredited)

Charles Seel

Proprietor (uncredited)

Will Wright

Harry Lane (uncredited)

Harold "Tommy" Hart

Police Officer Kvorka (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Antek (uncredited)

Joe McTurk

Meter Reader (uncredited)

Otto Preminger

Director

Otto Preminger

Producer

Nelson Algren

Writer

Walter Newman

Writer

Lewis Meltzer

Writer

Ben Hecht

Writer