 | Frank Sinatra als Frankie Machine |
 | Eleanor Parker als Zosch Machine |
 | Kim Novak als Molly |
 | Arnold Stang als Sparrow |
 | Darren McGavin als Louie |
 | Robert Strauss als Schwiefka |
 | John Conte als Drunky |
 | Doro Merande als Vi |
 | George E. Stone als Sam Markette |
 | George Mathews als Williams |
 | Leonid Kinskey als Dominiwski |
 | Emile Meyer als Detective Bednar |
 | Shorty Rogers als Band Leader |
 | Shelly Manne als Drummer |
 | Herschel Graham als Club Safari Patron (uncredited) |
 | Frank Mills als Street Vagrant (uncredited) |
 | Harry 'Snub' Pollard als Street Vagrant (uncredited) |
 | Jeffrey Sayre als Club Safari Patron (uncredited) |
 | Jered Barclay |
 | Leonard Bremen |
 | Paul E. Burns |
| Pete Candoli |
| Harold 'Tommy' Hart |
| Mike Lally |
 | Frank Marlowe |
| Joe McTurk |
 | Gordon Mitchell |
 | Jack Mulhall |
| Ralph Neff |
| Norman Papson |
| Ernest Raboff |
 | Frank Richards |
 | Suzanne Ridgway |
 | Charles Seel |
 | Martha Wentworth |
 | Will Wright |
| Otto Preminger | Producer |
| Otto Preminger | Director |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Joseph C. Wright | Production Design |
| Ben Hecht | Screenplay |
| Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Walter Newman | Screenplay |
| Sam Leavitt | Director of Photography |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Helen Thurston | Stunts |
| Jack McEdward | Production Manager |
| Albert Myers | Camera Operator |
| Lewis Meltzer | Screenplay |
| Nelson Algren | Novel |
| Leon Birnbaum | Music Editor |
| Max Slater | Producer's Assistant |
| Mary Ann Nyberg | Costume Supervisor |
| Jack Solomon | Sound Engineer |
| Horace Hough | Assistant Director |
| James Engle | Assistant Director |
| Kathleen Fagan | Script Supervisor |
| Joe King | Wardrobe Master |
| Adele Parmenter | Wardrobe Master |
| Jack Stone | Makeup Artist |
| Bernard Ponedel | Makeup Artist |
| Ben Lane | Makeup Artist |
| Helene Parrish | Hairstylist |
| Hazel Keats | Hairstylist |
| James Almond | Lighting Technician |
| Morris Rosen | Key Grip |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Paul Baxley | Stunts |
| Martha Crawford | Stunt Double |
