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  Marlene Dietrich
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  Henry Fonda

  Cameo appearance (nightclub waiter)
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  Burgess Meredith

  Cameo appearance (Jack, bartender)
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  Jean Wallace

  Barbara Whitfield
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  Alexander Lockwood

  Harry Nichols
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  Robert Gist

  Det. Tommy Quigley
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  Franchot Tone

  Howard Malloy
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  John Garfield

  Cameo appearance (loafer with newspaper)

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  Everett Sloane

  Sam - the Milkman
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  Marsha Hunt

  Mrs. Hartley's Secretary
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  Doe Avedon

  Caroline Riggs (as Betty Harper)
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  George Breen

  Knuckles
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  Alexander Campbell

  Pemberton
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  Luella Gear

  Pet Shop Owner
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  Marc Lawrence

  Angelo Agostini

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  Winifred Lenihan

  Mrs. Hartley
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  Myron McCormick

  Charles Riggs
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  Robert Noe

  Waldron
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  Hedley Rainnie

  Sigmund Kosterich
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  Hester Sondergaard

  Mrs. Borg
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  Walter Vaughn

  District Attorney Walker