 | Robert Mitchum als Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham |
 | Jane Greer als Kathie Moffat |
 | Kirk Douglas als Whit Sterling |
 | Rhonda Fleming als Meta Carson |
 | Richard Webb als Jim |
 | Steve Brodie als Jack Fisher |
 | Virginia Huston als Ann Miller |
 | Paul Valentine als Joe Stephanos |
 | Dickie Moore als The Kid |
 | Ken Niles als Leonard Eels |
 | Mary Field als Marny (uncredited) |
 | Oliver Blake als Tillotson (uncredited) |
 | Harry Hayden als Canby Miller (uncredited) |
 | Theresa Harris als Eunice Leonard (uncredited) |
 | Frank Wilcox als Sheriff (uncredited) |
 | John Kellogg als Lou (uncredited) |
 | Brooks Benedict als Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited) |
 | Homer Dickenson als Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally als Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited) |
| Bill Wallace als Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited) |
| Eumenio Blanco als Mexican Waiter (uncredited) |
| Victor Romito als Mexican Waiter (uncredited) |
| Wesley Bly als Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Mildred Boyd als Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited) |
 | James Bush als Doorman (uncredited) |
| James Conaty als Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited) |
| Alphonso DuBois als Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| Rudy Germane als Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
 | Adda Gleason als Mrs. Miller (uncredited) |
| Philip Morris als The Porter (uncredited) |
 | Manuel París als Croupier (uncredited) |
| Caleb Peterson als Man with Eunice (uncredited) |
 | Jeffrey Sayre als Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited) |
| Charles Regan als Mystery Man (uncredited) |
| Tony Roux als Jose Rodriguez (uncredited) |
| Wallace Scott als Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
 | Archie Twitchell als Rafferty (uncredited) |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Department Head |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Jacques Tourneur | Director |
| Daniel Mainwaring | Screenplay |
| Daniel Mainwaring | Novel |
| Warren Duff | Producer |
| Robert Sparks | Executive Producer |
| Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Samuel E. Beetley | Editor |
| James H. Anderson | Unit Manager |
| Clem Portman | Sound |
| Francis M. Sarver | Sound |
| Russell A. Cully | Special Effects |
| James M. Cain | Additional Writing |
| Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Robert De Grasse | Additional Photography |
| Frank Fenton | Additional Writing |
| Lynn Shores | Second Unit Director |
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Linwood G. Dunn | Special Effects |
| Linwood G. Dunn | Visual Effects |
| Harry Mancke | Assistant Director |
| Boyd Cabeen | Stand In |
| Earl Harper | Assistant Director |
| Margery Gutterman | Stand In |
