Directed by:
Fred ZinnemannScreenplay:
Robert L. RichardsCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter, Barbara Billingsley, Berry Kroeger, Will Wright, Irene Seidner, Harry Tenbrook, Dick Elliott (more)Plots(1)
War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something that happened in a German POW camp, and when a frightened Enley suddenly leaves for a convention in L.A., Parkson is close behind. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Van Heflin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348385_0e06d1.png)
Van Heflin
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Act of Violence (1948)
Once a Thief (1965)
![Robert Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273144_e6909f.jpg)
Robert Ryan
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Janet Leigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267522_6f78d2.jpg)
Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
![Mary Astor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/056/165056043_08d1eb.jpg)
Mary Astor
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Little Women (1949)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
![Phyllis Thaxter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/778/157778983_15755c.jpg)
Phyllis Thaxter
USA
Best movies:
Act of Violence (1948)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Breaking Point (1950)
![Barbara Billingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871833_52afdf.jpg)
Barbara Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Airplane! (1980)
![Berry Kroeger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619286_e72dfb.jpg)
Berry Kroeger
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Act of Violence (1948)
Gun Crazy (1950)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Irene Seidner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Act of Violence (1948)
![Harry Tenbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762318_70f863.jpg)
Harry Tenbrook
Norway
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Dick Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/470/159470718_fa6406.jpg)
Dick Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Connie Gilchrist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/561/159561336_2c2134.jpg)
Connie Gilchrist
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
Act of Violence (1948)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
William Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Don Haggerty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873683_fe51d0.jpg)
Don Haggerty
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
![Candy Toxton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806072_d1b59a.jpg)
Candy Toxton
USA
Best movies:
Act of Violence (1948)
Moonrise (1948)
Knock on Any Door (1949)
![Dick Simmons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886929_4bca7e.jpg)
Dick Simmons
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Easter Parade (1948)
Act of Violence (1948)
Mary Jo Ellis
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Act of Violence (1948)