Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
John Payne
as Rick Mason
Joan Caulfield
as Deborah Owens Clark
Dan Duryea
as Silky Randall
Shelley Winters
as Tory
Dorothy Hart
as Madeline
Richard Rober
as Max
Dan O'Herlihy
as Duke
Nicholas Joy
as Walter Vanderline
Percy Helton
as Charlie Jordan
Walter Greaza
as Mr. Owens
Patricia Alphin
as Waitress
Harry Antrim
as Mr. McNulty
