When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
George Raft
as Kenny Veech
Ava Gardner
as Mary
Victor McLaglen
as Gitlo
Tom Conway
as Lew Lentz
Jorja Curtright
as Fran
Jane Nigh
as Josie Veech
Florence Bates
as Molly Veech
Charles Drake
as Ernie
Carmel Myers
as Estelle
Jimmy Conlin
as Al - the Barber
Jimmy Ames
as Mr. Barker
Mack Gray
as Bartender