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Humphrey Bogart
Dixon Steele
Gloria Grahame
Laurel Gray
Frank Lovejoy
Brub Nicolai
Carl Benton Reid
Capt. Lochner
Art Smith
Mel Lippman
Jeff Donnell
Sylvia Nicolai
Martha Stewart
Mildred Atkinson
Robert Warwick
Charlie Waterman
Morris Ankrum
Lloyd Barnes
William Ching
Ted Barton
Steven Geray
Paul
Hadda Brooks
Singer
Alix Talton
Frances Randolph (uncredited)
James Arness
Young Detective (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Second Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Guy Beach
Mr. Swan (uncredited)
David Bond
Dr. Richards (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
Woman (uncredited)
Laura K. Brooks
Lady Wanting Matches (uncredited)
Charles Cane
Angry Husband in Convertible (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Bartender (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Person (uncredited)
George Davis
Waiter (uncredited)
Melinda Erickson
Tough Girl (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Joe (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette
Martha (uncredited)
Billy Gray
Young Boy Seeking Autograph (uncredited)
Joy Hallward
Woman (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Lewis Howard
Junior (uncredited)
Jack Jahries
Officer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Tony Layng
Man (uncredited)
Mark Lowell
Airline Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Dave (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John Mitchum
Bar Patron (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Allen Pinson
Man (uncredited)
Jack Reynolds
Henry Kesler (uncredited)
Davis Roberts
Flower Shop Employee (uncredited)
Michael Romanoff
Prince Romanoff (uncredited)
Jack Santoro
Man (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Bartender (uncredited)
Evelyn Underwood
Woman (uncredited)
June Vincent
Actress In Convertible (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Effie (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Feb 17 2020

Clinically excellent noir drama. Plot Summary - First Paragraph Screenwriter Dixon Steele is very talented, he also drinks too much and is prone to outbreaks of shocking violence. Thus the studios are reluctant to hire him, but through sheer determination, his agent manages to get him a coveted writing assignment to adapt a popular novel. The main players in the proposed picture meet up at a restaurant to talk things out, but with Dixon being Dixon it all goes wrong and violence curtails the evening. Though not really keen to read the novel he is to adapt, Dixon accepts an invitation fro...