Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
George Raft
as Johnny Torno
Virginia Mayo
as Carla North
Gene Lockhart
as Warni Hazard
Raymond Burr
as Nick Cherney
Harry Morgan
as Rocky
Barton MacLane
as Detective Strecker
Arthur Franz
as Jess Torno
Ken Murray
as Ken Murray
Stanley Clements
as Carlson Hotel Bellhop
William Frawley
as Hotel Night Clerk
Arthur Shields
as Father Redmond
Frank Orth
as Wallace 'Wally' Stoner