Overview
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Crew
DirectorFritz Lang
WriterNunnally Johnson
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Professor Richard Wanley
Joan Bennett
Alice Reed
Raymond Massey
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Edmund Breon
Dr. Michael Barkstane
Dan Duryea
Heidt / Tim, the Doorman
Thomas E. Jackson
Inspector Jackson
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Wanley
Robert Blake
Dickie Wanley
Arthur Loft
Claude Mazard / Frank Howard / Charlie the Hatcheck Man
Frank Dawson
Collins, the Steward
Iris Adrian
Streetwalker (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Man at Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Man at Club (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Blonde (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Man at Club (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Police Driver (uncredited)
Freddie Chapman
Boy with Mother (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Police Officer Dillon (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Garage Man (uncredited)
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Keywords
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026