Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Robert Mitchum
as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Jane Greer
as Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas
as Whit Sterling
Paul Valentine
as Joe Stephanos
Virginia Huston
as Ann Miller
Rhonda Fleming
as Meta Carson
Richard Webb
as Jim
Steve Brodie
as Jack Fisher
Dickie Moore
as The Kid
Ken Niles
as Leonard Eels
Mary Field
as Marny (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Tillotson (uncredited)
