Directed by:
Leslie FentonCinematography:
Ray RennahanComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp, William Demarest, Fay Holden, Murvyn Vye, Frank Faylen, John Eldredge, J. Farrell MacDonald (more)Plots(1)
Luke "Whispering" Smith (Alan Ladd) is a by the book, no-nonsense railroad detective who learns his friend, Murray Sinclair (Robert Preston), has been fired from his railroad job. Seeking vengeance, Sinclair begins helping outlaw Barney Rebstock (Donald Crisp) wreck trains. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
![Hank Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/950/159950776_150988.jpg)
Hank Bell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Texas (1941)
Dodge City (1939)
![Milton Kibbee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/074/160074669_c8a9e1.jpg)
Milton Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
![Robert St. Angelo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/382/160382110_a4c82b.jpg)
Robert St. Angelo
Italy
Best movies:
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
![Gary Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/654/160654780_4e55cf.jpg)
Gary Gray
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Jimmie Dundee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417421_ce919a.jpg)
Jimmie Dundee
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Tom Fadden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/553/160553741_b6f7d7.jpg)
Tom Fadden
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Eric Alden
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Broderick O'Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/885/160885652_ba0c76.jpg)
Broderick O'Farrell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Bob Kortman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/231/161231898_3b4fd1.jpg)
Bob Kortman
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Union Pacific (1939)
Jack Kenny
USA
Best movies:
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Country Girl (1954)
Dodge City (1939)
Don Barclay
USA
Best movies:
Mary Poppins (1964)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Perry Ivins
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
The Great Sinner (1949)
Ward Wood
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Air Force (1943)
Battleground (1949)
George Bruggeman
Belgium
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Budd Fine
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Window (1949)