Only a woman's heart could reach out for such a man!
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Dana AndrewsDet. Sgt. Mark Dixon
- Gene TierneyMorgan Taylor
- Bert FreedDet. Sgt. Paul Klein
- Gary MerrillTommy Scalise
- Karl MaldenDet. Lt. Thomas
- Tom TullyJiggs Taylor
- Ruth DonnellyMartha
- Craig StevensKen Paine
- Fred AldrichDetective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
- Tom ColemanDetective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- William L. StuartNovel
- Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
- Louis R. LoefflerEditor
- Otto PremingerProducer
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Pairings
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