A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.
William Keating
Richard Egan
Madge Pitts
Jan Sterling
John Jacob Masters
Dan Duryea
Dee
Julie Adams
Al Dahlke
Walter Matthau
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Charles McGraw
Howard Rysdale
Sam Levene
Solly Pitts
Mickey Shaughnessy
Benjy Karp
Harry Bellaver
Midget
Nick Dennis
Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook
Joe Downing
Captain Sid Wallace
Ned Wever
"Monk" Mohler
Billy M. Greene
Judge
John McNamara
Mrs. Cavanagh
Amzie Strickland
Big John
Mickey Hargitay
Sam (Uncredited)
Len Lesser