Directed by:
Frank TuttleCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Paul Stewart, Perry Lopez, Fay Wray, Renata Vanni, Nestor Paiva, Willis Bouchey, Peter Hansen (more)Plots(1)
Punch-packed police action set against the exciting backdrop of the world famous San Francisco waterfront provides Allan Ladd with characterization which gives full play to his rugged appeal. Cast as policeman wrongly convicted – and imprisoned – on a manslaughter charge. Ladd emerges from prison bent on finding the man actually responsible for the crime. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Joanne Dru
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
All the King's Men (1949)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Paul Stewart
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Perry Lopez
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Fay Wray
Canada
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Murder by Death (1976) - a.f.
Renata Vanni
Italy
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Westward the Women (1951)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Willis Bouchey
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Peter Hansen
USA
Best movies:
The War of the Roses (1989)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
George J. Lewis
Mexico
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Rod Taylor
Australia
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Giant (1956)
The Birds (1963)
Jayne Mansfield
USA
Best movies:
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Illegal (1955)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Stanley Adams
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
Herb Vigran
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Flying High! (1980)
Anthony Caruso
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
To Each His Own (1946)
Belle Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)