Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Howard Duff
as Jack Early
Brian Donlevy
as Nick Palmer
Peggy Dow
as Ellen Bennett
Lawrence Tierney
as Harry Colton
Bruce Bennett
as David Glover
Anne Vernon
as Nita Palmer
Jack Reitzen
as Joe Downing
Peter Virgo
as Roy
Charles Sherlock
as Sam
Elsie Baker
as Palmer's Maid (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
as Photographer (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
as Photographer (uncredited)
