poster

1946

(08/30/1946) (US)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

1h 43m

73

User Score

She's a match for any mobster!

Overview

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.

1946

73

User Score

(08/30/1946) (US)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

1h 43m

She's a match for any mobster!

Overview

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

Edmond O'Brien

Jim Reardon

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

'Swede' Andersen

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Kitty Collins

Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker

Big Jim Colfax

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Lt. Sam Lubinsky

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Charleston

Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine

Lilly Harmon Lubinsky

Jack Lambert

Jack Lambert

'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

R.S. Kenyon

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

Blinky Franklin (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Restaurant Chef (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Frank McLure

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Howard Freeman

Howard Freeman

Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

Farmer (uncredited)

Queenie Smith

Queenie Smith

Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Jack Cheatham

Police Driver (uncredited)

William Ruhl

William Ruhl

Fran (uncredited)