74 minutes
4/17/1942
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Van Heflin
as Gordon McKay
Marsha Hunt
as Jane Mitchell
Lee Bowman
as Gerald I. Ladimer
Samuel S. Hinds
as Mayor Daniels
Cliff Clark
as Captain Lynch
Eddie Quillan
as Eddie Wright
John Litel
as Matty
Cathy Lewis
as Bessie Wright (as Catherine Lewis)
Nella Walker
as Mrs. Daniels
Robert Blake
as Boy in Car (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
as Chris Spyro - Cook (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
as Miss Huser - Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as Pierre - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Roy Brent
as Suspect (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
as Taggart - Third Politician (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Rosson - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Ken Christy
as Police Chief Spencer (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
as Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Fix
as Allison Stacy (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Clemence - First Politician (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Henchman Collecting from Eddie (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Forsythe - Second Politician (uncredited)
William Lally
as Mack - Detective (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
as Steve - Detective (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Novak - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
George Lloyd