Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Howard Duff
Brian Donlevy
Peggy Dow
Lawrence Tierney
Bruce Bennett
Anne Vernon
Jack Reitzen
Peter Virgo
Charles Sherlock
Elsie Baker
Ralph Brooks
Douglas Carter
Peggie Castle
Jack Chefe
Chester Conklin
Bert Davidson
Joe Dougherty
Roy Engel
Bess Flowers
James Garwood
Winifred Harris
Rock Hudson
Doretta Johnson
Stapleton Kent
Donald Kerr
Will Lee
Leota Lorraine
William Marks
Gregg Martell
John Miller
Forbes Murray
William H. O'Brien
Kenneth Patterson
Joseph Pevney
Jack Rice
Kay Riehl
Stephen Roberts
Carl Sklover
Wendy Waldron
Steve Wayne
Josephine Whittell
Eric Wilton
Charles Flynn