Cast
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr
Friday
Maxine Cooper
Velda
Cloris Leachman
Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers
Lily Carver
Nick Dennis
Nick
Jack Lambert
Sugar Smallhouse
Jack Elam
Charlie Max
Jerry Zinneman
Sammy
Leigh Snowden
Cheesecake
Percy Helton
Doc Kennedy
Marjorie Bennett
Manager
Strother Martin
Harvey Wallace
John George
Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova
Carmen Trivago
Nat King Cole
Self - Singer (voice)
Kitty White
Club Vocalist
Mady Comfort
Nightclub Singer
Art Loggins
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
Gas Station Man (uncredited)
Eddie Beal
Sideman (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)
Mort Marshall
Ray Diker
James McCallion
Horace
Robert Cornthwaite
FBI Agent
Silvio Minciotti
Mover
Ben Morris
Radio Announcer
Paul Richards
Attacker
Jesslyn Fax
Horace's Wife
James Seay
FBI Agent
Sam Balter
Radio Announcer (voice)
Joe Hernandez
Radio Announcer (voice)
Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director
(Directing)
Mickey Spillane
Novel
(Writing)
A.I. Bezzerides
Screenplay
(Writing)
Robert Aldrich
Producer
(Production)
Victor Saville
Executive Producer
(Production)
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Michael Luciano
Editor
(Editing)
William Glasgow
Art Direction
(Art)
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
(Art)
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Jack Solomon
Sound Designer
(Sound)
Helen Gailey
Script Supervisor
(Directing)
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
(Sound)