Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Shubunka
Barry Sullivan
Nancy Starr
Belita
Dorothy
Joan Lorring
Nick Jammey
Akim Tamiroff
Shorty
Harry Morgan
Karty
John Ireland
Cornell
Sheldon Leonard
Mrs. Ostroleng
Fifi D'Orsay
Mrs. Karty
Virginia Christine
Oval
Elisha Cook Jr.
Swain (as Theodore Hecht)
Ted Hecht
Beaumont
Leif Erickson
Dugas
Charles McGraw
Sterling
John Kellogg
Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)
Edwin Maxwell
Pool Player
Dewey Robinson
Eddie
Murray Alper
Hazel
Shelley Winters
Headwaiter
Larry Steers
Hotel maid
Marie Blake
Dorothy's father
Griff Barnett
Nightclub stage manager
Sid Melton
Garage mechanic
Jeff Corey
Garage mechanic
Peter Whitney