To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Rosalie’s condemned boyfriend, Nicky Bradna, out of prison. But Regal’s meddling deeds soon backfire.
Farley Granger
as Nicholas 'Nicky' Bradna
Anthony Quinn
as Phil Regal
Anne Bancroft
as Rosalie Regalzyk
Peter Graves
as Joe McFarland
Else Neft
as Mrs. Regalzyk
Sara Berner
as Millie Swadke
Jerry Paris
as Latzi Franks
Mario Siletti
as Antonio Cardini
James Flavin
as Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Whit Bissell
as Dist. Atty. Blaker
Joe Turkel
as Shimmy
Joyce Terry
as Margie (as Joy Terry)