The quiet life of small-town gas station owner Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) is interrupted when a figure from his shady past, small-time crook Joe Stephanos (Paul Valentine), recognizes him. Stephanos' boss, crooked gambler Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), had hired Jeff to track down Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer), a girlfriend who shot Whit and made off with $40,000 of his. Jeff and Kathie fell in love, but she left him to go back to Sterling, who now wants Jeff to settle a few old scores.
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
Kirk Douglas
Director Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay Daniel Mainwaring
Producer Warren Duff
Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca
Editing Samuel E. Beetley
Music Roy Webb
Distributor RKO Radio Pictures
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